The BBC showed an interesting documentary about the video pioneers, The Vasulkas…You can watch the film, here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001227z/arena-the-vasulka-effect

The Vasulkas were part of the 1960s NY avant-garde and worked with Andy Warhol, Patti Smith etc etc. At the same time as making their own work, they made a series of parties and galleries that formed the community of practice around them.

Later, they were port of the media experiment at Buffalo…and later moved to the sunny South West. There’s about Buffalo, and its significance