the video data bank collection includes video produced from 1968 to the present. the early video art represented includes many titles from the castelli-sonnabend collection, the first and most prominent collection of video art assembled in the united states, produced between 1968 and 1980. these works represent examples of the first experiments in video art and include conceptual and feminist performances recorded on video, experiments with the video signal, and 'guerilla' documentaries representing a counter-cultural view of the historical events of the 1960s. artists included are vito acconci, lynda benglis, dara birnbaum, joan jonas, bruce nauman and william wegman. experimental works by denise kaprellian-bornoff, mfa, in collaboration with phil morton and with jack bornoff, mfa, were among the earliest titles in the collection.