Visual Publicació de Film Video Informació

Complete set, Nos.1-2. Barcelona, 1977-1978. Staple bound, pictorial wrappers, 21 x 15.5 cm, 80/84 pp. Together with an original prospectus flyer. Rare periodical initiated by a group of experimental film and video makers, photographers, poets and artists who founded FVI/Film Vídeo Informació in Barcelona in 1977 to promote interdisciplinary alternative cinema and video. The members of FVI organized screenings and edited two issues of Visual magazine, coordinated by Eugenia Balcells, Eugenio Bonet and Manuel Huerga.

(1) Visual No.1, Dec 1977. Includes items about the video section of Documenta 6, Anthony McCall, Marcel Hanoun, ‘Miseria del cine militante’ by Jean Paul Fargier, an ‘etcetera’ chapter listing current international film/video related events and publications, et al. Text in Spanish. Mint copy in protective vellum wrapper. (2) Visual No.2, May 1978. With items about Chantal Akerman, Michael Snow, Dreyer, Cahiers du Cinéma, Celestino Coronado, Joan Rabascall, Angels Ribé, Stephane Marti el al. Discolouration of the purple cover, else very good. (3) Prospectus, 21.5 x 15.5, 4 pp. announcing the magazine. Some discolouration on the right margin, otherwise fine. (total 3)