German Station to Broadcast 3 Week Long Video Art Festival

August 19th, 2013

German television station ikono has announced a 3 week, 24/7 video art festival, streaming on their channel and online next month.  The On Air Art Festival will begin September 6th, and will feature work by Bill Viola, Alfredo JaarWilliam Kentridge, and A.K. Dolven, among others.  “I thought why not achieve for the arts with TV as radio has been achieving for music? Why not use this mass medium for bringing the entire world of arts into the homes of an international public? ” Says station founder Elizabeth Markevitch.

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