ART TAPES 22

ART/TAPES/22 VIDEO TAPE PRODUCTION

Giunti Editore, 2017

During the first half of the ‘70s Gianni Melotti was the photographer at art/tapes/22,

the Florence video recording studio by Maria Gloria Bicocchi. Through its 260 photographs this volume documents one of the most important moments in contemporary art’s experimentation. Artists from all over the world were part of it and converged at the studio to begin using the new magnetic tape technology.

Chris Burden, Alexis Smith, Daniel Buren, Sandro Chia, Giuseppe Chiari, Diego Cortez, Douglas Davis, Terry Fox, Peter Hutchinson, Takahiko Iimura, Les Levine, Alvin Lucier, Urs Lüthi, Gérald Minkoff, Muriel Olesen, Jean Otth, Nam June Paik, Charlemagne Palestine, Giulio Paolini, Arnulf Rainer, Bill Viola e con Giancarlo Bicocchi, Achille Bonito Oliva, Pier Paolo Calzolari.

Edited by Maurizio Marco Tozzi, with foreword by Maria Gloria Bicocchi and introductory text by Gianni Melotti.

Dutch hardcover book / 192 pages / 294 x 250 x 16mm / Colour photographs / English version.