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Relevant passages:
Dieter Daniels «Television-Art or anti-art?
Conflict and cooperation between the avant-garde and the mass media in the 1960s and 1970s»
Inke Arns «Social Technologies
Deconstruction, subversion, and the utopia of democratic communication» Söke Dinkla «Virtual Narrations
From the crisis of storytelling to new narration as mental potentiality» Inke Arns «Interaction, Participation, Networking: Art and Telecommunication» | 2 | 3
Works by Douglas Davis:
Austrian Tapes Double Entendre: Two Sites Two Times Two Sides Seven Thoughts Talk Out! The Last Nine Minutes: Live performance for international satellite telecast, documenta VI The World's First Collaborative Sentence
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Douglas Davis
born 1933 in Washington, D.C. (USA); 1948-1950 studied at the Abbott Art School, Washington, DC; 1952-1956 studied at the American University, Washington, D.C., Bachelor of Arts; 1956-1958 studied at Rutgers State University of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Masters of Arts; 1976-1980 artistic director of the International Network for the Arts in New York; lives and works in New York City (USA).
Following his studies, from 1960 onward Davis was active as an art critic and editor for publications such as Art in America and Newsweek. From 1969, he worked as a painter, and beginning in 1967, created artistic events and performances. From 1970 onward, his works included video tapes and video action pieces. Davis’ works are rooted in Fluxus and Concept Art. He pioneered the artistic use of television and radio broadcasts. With live performances in galleries and museums, and video tapes of action pieces, he instigated dialogues with the viewer before the monitor. The goal of his action pieces is to overcome traditional, one-sided communication practices through personified interactions. Since 1994, Davis uses the Internet for his artistic action pieces.
