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Reference Type Westerly journal
Title the australian avant-garde
Author(s)Albie Thoms
Publication Date 01-09-1972
Comments its brief, but for 1972 it does well for itself considering all that has happened since.
Synopsis sets-up the art versus commerce debate, but also some interesting discourse. he undermines the notion of 'experimental film,' by considering all exploratory twentieth century artforms to be experimental and concludes that the new avant-garde are an offshoot of cheap, mobile, sturdy video hardware.
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