Video Congress

1982 – 1986 VIDEO CONGRESS was founded in 1982 at the documenta Kassel (Germany) as an association of independent video artists. Each issue has a particular topic which was chosen from the artists’ various proposals. N°0: PROLOGUE 1982, 50 min., color, PAL George Hampton, A+A Video, Fun & Art, Werner Schmiedel, Rosi Jahnke, La Loora, Eckehard Kähne, Montevideo (Munich), Art Now, Ingo Günther, Norbert Meissner. N°1: EROTICA 1983, 72 min., color, PAL A+A Video, Rudi Frings, Lied an die Freude, Josef Stöhr, Les Immer Essen, Fun & Art, George Hampton, Werner Schmiedel, Norbert Meissner, Montevideo (Munich), Halbzollgebiet N°2: MONEY 1983, 40 min., color, PAL A+A Video, Fun 6. Art, George Hampton, Werner Schmiedel, Norbert Meissner N°3: FUTURE NO QUESTION 1983, 45 min., color, PAL Halbzollgebiet, A+A Video, Axel Wirths, Norbert Meissner, Bildschön Video, George Hampton, Fun & Art, Sascha A. Ehrlich N°4: FEAR 1983, 49 min., color, PAL Best Boy Connection, Fun & Art, Bildschön Video, George Hampton, Halbzollgebiet, Mutagen Grau N°5: ENCOUNTER 1984, 40 min., color, PAL Brand/ Maschmann, Fun & Art, Halbzollgebiet, R. Frings/ G. Knapper, A+F, Maschmann, Ilona Kagel/ Frank Misiak Ausstrahlung N°6: INDUSTRY/ADVERTISING 1984, 40 min., color, PAL R. Frings/ G. Knapper, I. Kagel/ F. Misiak, G. Hampton, Mutagen Grau, Fun & Art, Petr& Probst/ Armando Ceste, Videogruppe Turin (Maschmann, Brand, Calopresti, Cianni, Vera) N°7: SURROGATE OF REALITY 1984, 40 min., color., PAL Rudi Frings, Norbert Meissner, Axel Wirths, Ilona Kagel, Studio 14, Mertens + Mertens, Frank Stöve N° 8: METALANGUAGE I + II 1985, D, 114:00 min., color, PAL KAOS, John Cage, Claude Torey, Etant Donnes u.a. Videonal with booklet N° 9: TRAVEL ACQUAINTANCE 1986, D, 82:00 Min., color, PAL In 1985, the project was expanded to an international level, the establishment of contacts to foreign video artists and video art centres was intensified. This conscious expansion of international relations finds a concrete way towards cultural exchange and mutual inspiration at the VIDEO CONGRESS No.9. 20 contributions by artists from 8 countries; videonal with brochure.