In the late 1960s,
video recorders became portable.
video recorders became portable.
They left the television studio
for the artist’s studio,
for the artist’s studio,
the psychiatric hospital,
and the streets.
Unlike the optical medium of film
with its photographic frames,
with its photographic frames,
video was recorded electronically
on magnetic tape.
It could be replayed immediately,
or even screened live.