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Sunstone
1979 · Video (color, sound)
2:57 min.
Museum of Modern Art
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Ed Emshwiller
Artist
New MediaKinetic Art
Representation
None documented
6
Institutional Exhibitions
4
Works in Collection
10
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Publications Referenced
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- • New Media
- • Kinetic Art
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Selections from the Video Study Collection: 1968�1987
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987
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A Survey: Artist's TV Lab, WNET/Thirteen
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1984–1985
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Video Art: A History
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983–1984
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Projects: Video XXII
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978–1979
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Projects: Video IX
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
About
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Ed Emshwiller was an American filmmaker and visual artist whose practice spanned experimental cinema, video art, and kinetic sculpture from the 1950s onward. Working across analog film and early video technologies, he created abstract and figurative works that explored movement, light, and the formal properties of the moving image itself. His contributions to experimental film and video art positioned him as a significant figure in postwar American avant-garde practice.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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