Peer Bode

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Working in film until the early 1970s, Peer Bode was first exposed to electronics by his father Harold Bode, a developer of the first modular audio synthesizer. He worked as program coordinator for the Experimental Television Center in Owego, New York,  collaborating with resident artist/engineers in constructing prototype imaging tools, thus continuing his commitment to “tool expansion” and “personal studio making.” Recognizing the limits imposed by designers of industrial and consumer technology, Bode sought to externalize the “hidden coding and control structures” of the video signal. His videotapes investigate the semiotics and phenomenology of the medium, specifically through the synthesis of audio and video signals.

Artist Collection List

Title Year Runtime Collection
1-87 1976 4 minutes 35 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
100 Sec. Lumination 1976 1 minute 51 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Animal Migrations (and why they don't get lost) 1985 11 minutes 30 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Blue 1976 5 minutes 7 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Camel with Window Memory 1983 4 minutes 22 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Cup Mix (2 Channels) 1977 10 minutes 58 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Flute With Shift 1979 5 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
Front Hand Back Hand 1977 2 minutes 57 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Keying Distinctions 1978 3 minutes 23 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Light Bulb with circular update (camera zoom + pan + variable clock) 1981 3 minutes 56 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Music on Triggering Surfaces 1978 3 minutes 6 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Rectangular Update 1981 3 minutes 12 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Ring Modulation 1978 8 minutes 14 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the U.S. 1968-1980 1995 16 hours 26 minutes Box Sets, Curated Compilations
Surveying the First Decade: Volume 2 1995 8 hours 27 minutes 11 seconds Box Sets, Curated Compilations, Early Video Art
Vibratory Sweep 1978 2 minutes 44 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Video Locomotion (man performing forward hand leap) 1978 5 minutes 10 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles