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  • David Ostrem

Cause for Suspicion

Nov 1, 1982

Artist-in-residence. Special production. The tape is an expression of the artist’s personal attitude towards the history of film and television, the premise being that too much of this history involves a hazardous preoccupation with the discovering and punishing of sinners.

People: Ostrem, David | Subject Keywords: media history | single-channel video | Special Production | telecommunications | video art

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