art/tapes/22 was a pioneering video studio in Florence, Italy operated by Maria Gloria Bicocchi from 1973 to 1976. Over 150 seminal artists’ videotapes were produced and distributed by art/tapes/22. It was Europe’s first production and distribution studio for artist’s videos, engaging artists the world over including Long Beach based Bill Viola who was the technical director from 1974-76.
At the end of 1976 the studio closes and sells all the works produced and part of the photographic documentation of Gianni Melotti to the ASAC Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts of the Venice Biennale. After restoration, the works produced by Art / tapes / 22 are now available for consultation in Venice.
A selection of video works produced by art/tapes/22
Vito Acconci
Come Back, 1973, b/w, 33í 24î, sound
Full Circle, 1973, b/w, 32í 43î, sound
Home Movies, 1973, b/w, 33í 24î, sound
Indirect Approches, 1973, b/w, 33í 11î, sound
Theme Song, 1973, b/w, 33í 19î, sound
Vincenzo Agnetti
Documentario N?2, 1973, b/w, 8í, sound
Enrico Bafico
Corrispondenze n. 1, 1975, b/w, 11í 29î, sound
Corrispondenze n. 2, 1975, b/w, 13í 38î, sound
John Baldessarri
The Italian Tape, 1974, b/w, 8í 32î, sound, produced by the artist for art/tapes/22 in New York, in collaboration with Sonnabend Video Films Corporation
Alighiero Boetti
CiÚ che sempre parla in silenzio Ë il corpo, 1974, b/w, 1í, mute
Christian Boltanski
La vie est triste, la vie est gaie, 1974, b/w, 25í, sound
Quelque souvenir de jeunesse, 1974, b/w, 14í 45î, sound
Chris Burden
Afternoon at Portarossa Hotel, 1975, b/w, 14í 48î, sound
Car Nut, 1975, b/w, 27í, sound
Guru for Detroit, 1975, b/w, 14í 48î, sound
Italian Interview by Alexis Smith, part I, 1975, b/w, 46í 05î, sound
Italian Interview by Alexis Smith, part II, 1975, b/w, 30í, sound
Daniel Buren
VidÈo-Souvenir, (Recouvrant-EffaÁant 3), 1974, b/w, 2í, sound
Pierpaolo Calzolari
No title 1, 1974, b/w, 10í 33î, sound
No title 2, 1974, b/w, 6í, sound
Sandro Chia
Di come il fuoco rigenera la candela, 1975, b/w, 23í 54î, mute
Tempo medio per un videotape, 1975, b/w, 7í 17î, mute
The Nave-Less Singe, 1975, b/w, 8í, mute
Andrea Daninos
Show of Everybodyís Death, 1974, b/w, 7í 05î, sound
Gino De Dominicis
Videotape, 1974, b/n, 2í 09î, sound
Marco Del Re
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, 1974, b/w, 11í 29î, sound
Come Sbarcare il Lunario, 1975, b/w, 15í, sound
Safari Horror, 1975, b/w, 17í 28î, sound
Safari Means Trip, 1975, b/w, 14í, sound
Souvenir di Firenze parte I ñ Tema di Piazza Vittoria, 1975, b/w, 28í 57î, sound
Souvenir di Firenze parte II ñ Tema di Piazza Vittoria, 1975, b/w, 30í, sound
Theme for a Race of Survival, 1975, b/w, 15í 14î, sound
Una Sadica Indiscrezione, 1975, b/w, 15í 14î, sound
Andrea Granchi
I militari, 1975, b/w, 2í 33î, sound
Frank Gillette
Three Tuscan Fields and the Birds of Madagascar, 1974, b/w, 30í, sound
Rebecca Horn
Videotape n. 3, 1973, b/w, 29í 46 ì, sound
Taka Ito Iimura
Field Work, 1974, b/w, 25í, sound
Self Identity, 1974, b/w, 20í 58î, sound
Joan Jonas
Merlo, 1974, b/w, 10í 53î, sound
Allan Kaprow
Then, 1974, b/w, 23í 38î, sound, in collaboration with Galleria Multipla, Milan
Third Routine, 1974, b/w, 59í 49î, sound
Jannis Kounellis
No title, 1973, b/w, 25í, sound
Les Levines
Les Levineís Firenze, 1974, b/w, 29í 20î, sound
Urs L¸thi
Interview I, 1974, b/w, 25í 57î, sound, in collaboration with Galleria Schema, Florence
Morire díAmore, 1974, b/w, 8í 49î, sound
Self Portrait, 1974, b/w, 8í 07î, sound
Gerald Minkoff
Frivolezza, 1975, b/w, 10í 34î, sound
The Sixtina Misunderstanding, 1975, b/w, 5í 39î, sound
This is not a piano piece (also known as This is a piano piece), 1975, b/w, 23í 30î, mute
Video Blind: First Touch, Second Touch, Third Touch, 1975, b/w, 19í 11î, sound
Maurizio Nannucci
The Missing Poemi s the Poem, 1974, b/w, 15í 54î, sound
Muriel Olesen
Jim, Jill and Jane, John, 1975, b/w, 15í, sound
No title, 1975, b/w, 15í, sound, produced by the artist for art/tapes/22 in New York, in collaboration with Sonnabend Video Films Corporation
Luciano Ori
Poesia visiva, 1974, b/w, 16í 17î, sound
Jean Otth
Limite B (Le Lac), 1973, b/w, 12í 34î, sound
Limite E (Le Lac), 1973, b/w, 10í 56î, sound
Portrait de Laura Papi, 1975, b/w, 12í 05î, sound
Charlemagne Palestine
Body Music 1, 1974, b/w, 5í, sound, in collaboration with Sonnabend Video Films Corporation
Body Music 2, 1974, b/w, 8í 03î, sound
Giulio Paolini
Unisono, 1974, b/w, 1í 03î, sound
Claudio Parmiggiani
Delocazione, 1974, b/w, 8í 13î, sound
Alberto Pirelli
Riconoscere, il riconoscimento, 1974, b/w, 23í 57î, sound
Stay Tuned, 1974, b/w, 20í, sound
Lucio Pozzi
A Boetti Suggestion, 1975, b/w, 42í, mute
Portrait of Maria Gloria, 1975, b/w, 1í 09î, mute
Two times, 1975, b/w, 5í 10î, mute
Updownleftright (left monitor, right monitor), 1975, b/w, 10í 40î, mute
Adulf Rainer
Confrontation with my videoimage, 1974, b/w, 35í 39î, sound
Mouth Piece, 1974, b/w, 6í 35î, sound
Slow Motion, 1974, b/w, 9í 53î, sound
Willoughby Sharp
Break, 1973, b/w, monitor 1 19í 44î, monitor 2 30í, sound
Bill Viola
Eclipse, 1974, b/w, 18í 55î, sound
Gravitation Pull / Gravitational Pull, 1974, b/w, 10í, sound