"surveying the first decade: video art and alternative media in the u.s." is a 17-hour compilation of experimental and independent video created from 1968-1980, the first decade of video art production produced in 1995. the anthology includes 68 titles by more than 60 artists, and is curated into eight programs ranging from conceptual, performance-based, feminist, and image-processed works, to documentary and grassroots activism.