Figure 1
Screenshot from “Nam June Paik, TV Garden,” Guggenheim Collection Online.
Figure 2
Screenshot from a promotional video for Project Get Reel, a Canadian for-profit tape recycler, illustrating the environmental impact of videotape accumulation7: https://www.redpropeller.ca/getreel/ and https://vimeo.com/158437762
Figure 3
Commentary on the contemporary relevance of VHS tape from for-profit tape recycler, Project Get Reel’s promotional video: https://www.redpropeller.ca/getreel/ or https://vimeo.com/158437762
Figure 4
Station identification for the now defunct Maritimes Independent Television from an amateur videotape recording from Halifax, Canada (ca. 1989-1994).
Figure 5
Personalized paratext on a videotape recorded in Halifax, Canada (ca. 1989-1994).
Figure 6
Screenshot of Kaleidoscope’s “TV Brain” information page.
Video 1
“The Avengers: EXCLUSIVE footage of missing episode.” BBC Newsnight segment. November 2, 2016.
Figure 7
Retrontario’s home page.
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Figure 9
Retrontario features a page that lists the site’s accessible clips.
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Figure 11
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (Dir: Matt Wolf, 2019). Official website of the documentary film.
Figure 12
This image from Project Get Reel’s homepage, emphasizes the idea that videotape’s material nature is unwieldy in a digital era. Interestingly, the featured tape labels are blank, suggesting that their content is irrelevant.
Figure 13
Screenshot from Project Get Reel’s promotional video: https://www.redpropeller.ca/getreel/ and https://vimeo.com/158437762
Figure 14
Screenshot from Project Get Reel’s promotional video illustrating the amount of VHS tapes waiting to be recycled that stretch from the CN Tower in Toronto to the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, https://www.redpropeller.ca/getreel/ and https://vimeo.com/158437762