Triple Vision

Independent TV Production Company: Terry Flaxton (Director) and Penny Dedman (Producer). Produced arts television for Channel 4, BBC from early 1980s until dissolution of the company on 10 November 1998. …

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Annalogue Productions

Anna Ridley’s Independent productions company – known for Dadarama and Ian Breakwell’s Continuous Dairy both Channel 4

1984

Ian Breakwell’s Continuous Diary and Dadarama series are broadcast on Channel 4. Produced by Anna Ridley

Both series were produced by Anna Ridley’s Annalogue Productions. Ridley had previously put together the 1976 Arena programme on video art for BBC2 which featured David Hall’s This is A Television Receiver. Uniquely, Dadarama and the Continuous Diary gave the artists direct access to studio facilities and sought a place for video works as television shows in their own right, …

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Film & Video Umbrella

Film and Video Umbrella makes moving-image works by artists. For three decades FVU has led the way in championing new creative talent and promoting innovative ideas. During that time we have commissioned many of the foremost figures in the field, working in close collaboration with a diverse range of venues, nationally and internationally. …

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art/tapes/22

art/tapes/22 was a pioneering video studio in Florence, Italy operated by Maria Gloria Bicocchi from 1973 to 1976. Over 150 seminal artists’ videotapes were produced and distributed by art/tapes/22. It was Europe’s first production and distribution studio for artist’s videos, engaging artists the world over including Long Beach based Bill Viola who was the technical director from 1974-76.
At the end of 1976 the studio closes and sells all the works produced and part of the photographic documentation of Gianni Melotti to the ASAC Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts of the Venice Biennale. …

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