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{{Short description|American media theorist}}
{{Short description|American media theorist (1942–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2012}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
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| image = Gene-10.31.2012.png
| image = Gene@BIM2012.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Youngblood in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1942|05|30}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|05|30}}
| occupation = Film and culture critic; professor of film and video history, media arts, and media democracy
| occupation = Film and culture critic; professor of film and video history, media arts, and media democracy
| website =
| website = {{url|geneyoungblood.com}}
| birth_place = [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], United States
| birth_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|6|1942|05|30|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|6|1942|05|30}}
| death_place = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico]], United States
| death_place = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], U.S.
| spouses = {{plainlist|
| spouses = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Nancy Marilyn Youngblood|1970|1980|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Nancy Marilyn Youngblood|1970|1980|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Jane Youngblood]]|2012}}
* {{marriage|Jane Youngblood|2012}}
}}
}}
}}
| relatives = Walter Denson Youngblood (father)<br/ > Marie Jean Youngblood (mother)<br/>Kenneth L. Youngblood (brother)}}
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'''Gene Youngblood''' (May 30, 1942 – April 6, 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/gene-youngblood-1942-2021-85439|title=Gene Youngblood (1942–2021)|work=[[Artforum]]|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gene-youngblood-expanded-cinema-media-theorist-dead-1234589034/|title=Gene Youngblood, Writer of Influential 'Expanded Cinema' Book, Has Died at 78|first=Alex|last=Greenberger|work=[[ARTnews]]|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> was an American theorist of [[media theory|media arts]] and [[political theory|politics]], and a respected scholar in the history and theory of alternative cinemas. His best-known book, ''[[Expanded Cinema]]'', was the first to consider video as an [[video art|art form]] and has been credited with helping to legitimate the fields of [[computer art]] and [[media arts]].<ref>Manovich, Lev. 2002. "Ten Key Texts on Digital Art: 1970–2000". Leonardo. 35 (5): 567–569.</ref><ref name="secession">[http://vimeo.com/15435334''Secession Trailer 1F''] Dir. Bryan Konefsky. Intvw. Steve Benedict, John Hanhardt, Chrissie Iles, and Steve Seid. ''Vimeo''. Web. July 29, 2010.</ref> He is also known for his pioneering work in the media democracy movement, a subject on which he taught, wrote, and lectured, beginning in 1967.<ref name="secession" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1099678911|title=The Videosphere|first=Gene|last=Youngblood|work=[[Radical Software]]|date=1970|pages=17–18|oclc=1099678911}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5537628132|title=Secession from the Broadcast: the Internet and the Crisis of Social Control.|first=Gene|last=Youngblood|work=[[Millennium Film Journal]]|date=2013|pages=174–189|oclc=5537628132}}</ref>

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'''Gene Youngblood''' (May 30, 1942 – April 6, 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/gene-youngblood-1942-2021-85439|title=Gene Youngblood (1942-2021)|work=[[Artforum]]|date=7 April 2021|access-date=7 April 2021}} </ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gene-youngblood-expanded-cinema-media-theorist-dead-1234589034/|title=Gene Youngblood, Writer of Influential ‘Expanded Cinema’ Book, Has Died at 78|first=Alex|last=Greenberger|work=[[ARTnews]]|date=7 April 2021|access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref> was a theorist of [[media theory|media arts]] and [[political theory|politics]], and a respected scholar in the history and theory of alternative cinemas. His best known book, ''[[Expanded Cinema]]'', was the first to consider [[video]] as an [[video art|art form]] and has been credited with helping to legitimate the fields of [[computer art]] and [[media arts]].<ref>Manovich, Lev. 2002. "Ten Key Texts on Digital Art: 1970–2000". Leonardo. 35 (5): 567–569.</ref><ref name="secession">[http://vimeo.com/15435334''Secession Trailer 1F''] Dir. Bryan Konefsky. Intvw. Steve Benedict, John Hanhardt, Chrissie Iles, and Steve Seid. ''Vimeo''. Web. 29 July 2010.</ref> He is also known for his pioneering work in the media democracy movement, a subject on which he has taught, written, and lectured since 1967.<ref name="secession"> </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/radical-software/oclc/1099678911&referer=brief_results|title=The Videosphere|first=Gene|last=Youngblood|work=[[Radical Software]]|date=1970|pages=17-18.}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/secession-from-the-broadcast-the-internet-and-the-crisis-of-social-control/oclc/5537628132&referer=brief_results|title=Secession from the Broadcast: the Internet and the Crisis of Social Control.|first=Gene|last=Youngblood|work=[[Millennium Film Journal]]|date=2013|pages=174-189.}}</ref>

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==Journalism==


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== Journalism ==
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For ten years in the 1960s, Gene Youngblood was a journalist for newspapers, television, and radio in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. He was a reporter and film critic for the ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' (1962-1967), reporter for KHJ-TV, arts commentator for [[KPFK]], and from 1967 to 1970 he was associate editor and columnist for the [[Los Angeles Free Press]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=q&r=1&results=1&auq=GENE+YOUNGBLOOD&e=-------en-20-BGJFHJH-1--txt-txIN-Gene+Youngblood--------------1|title=Los Angeles Free Press Articles by Gene Youngblood|first=Gene|last=Youngblood|work=Los Angeles Free Press|date=1967-1970}}</ref> the first and largest of the underground newspapers of that era.
[[File:Gene Youngblood, RIT NandE Vol12Num29 1980 Sep11 Complete.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Youngblood circa 1980]]
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For ten years in the 1960s, Gene Youngblood was a journalist for newspapers, television, and radio in Los Angeles. He was a reporter and film critic for the ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' (1962–1967), a reporter for KHJ-TV, arts commentator for [[KPFK]], and from 1967 to 1970 he was associate editor and columnist for the [[Los Angeles Free Press]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=q&r=1&results=1&auq=GENE+YOUNGBLOOD&e=-------en-20-BGJFHJH-1--txt-txIN-Gene+Youngblood--------------1|title=Los Angeles Free Press Articles by Gene Youngblood|first=Gene|last=Youngblood|work=Los Angeles Free Press|date=1967–1970}}</ref> the first and largest of the underground newspapers of that era.


==Academia==
== Academia ==
Youngblood has held several academic posts in his career, but is best known for his time with the Film/Video School at [[California Institute of the Arts]] and for helping to found the Moving Image Arts department at the [[College of Santa Fe]].
Youngblood has held several academic posts in his career, but is best known for his time with the Film/Video School at [[California Institute of the Arts]] and for helping to found the Moving Image Arts department at the [[College of Santa Fe]].


==Bibliography==
== Bibliography ==
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.evidence.house/p-u-b-l-i-c-a-t-i-o-n-s/secession-from-the-broadcast-by-gene-youngblood ''Secession From the Broadcast'']. Jean-Jacques Martinod, ed. Los Cerrillos, NM: Evidence House, 2020. English + Spanish Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.evidence.house/p-u-b-l-i-c-a-t-i-o-n-s/secession-from-the-broadcast-by-gene-youngblood ''Secession From the Broadcast'']. Jean-Jacques Martinod, ed. Los Cerrillos, NM: Evidence House, 2020. English + Spanish Print.
* Youngblood, Gene and R. Buckminster Fuller. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/expanded-cinema/oclc/1140132853?referer=di&ht=edition ''Expanded Cinema''.], 2020. Fordham University 50th Anniversary edition. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene and R. Buckminster Fuller. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1140132853 ''Expanded Cinema''.], 2020. Fordham University 50th Anniversary edition. Print.
* Youngblood, G. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/secession-from-the-broadcast-the-internet-and-the-crisis-of-social-control/oclc/5537628132&referer=brief_results "Secession from the Broadcast: the Internet and the Crisis of Social Control."] Millennium Film Journal. (2013): 174-189. Print.
* Youngblood, G. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5537628132 "Secession from the Broadcast: the Internet and the Crisis of Social Control."] Millennium Film Journal. (2013): 174–189. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene, Pier L. Capucci, and Simonetta Fadda. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/expanded-cinema/oclc/898730804?referer=di&ht=edition Expanded Cinema]. Bologna: CLUEB, 2013. Italian edition of ''Expanded Cinema''. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene, Pier L. Capucci, and Simonetta Fadda. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898730804 Expanded Cinema]. Bologna: CLUEB, 2013. Italian edition of ''Expanded Cinema''. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/cine-expandido/oclc/929659517&referer=brief_results''Cine Expandido'']. Buenos Aires: EDUNTREF, Editorial De La Universidad Nacional De Tres De Febrero, 2012. Spanish edition of ''Expanded Cinema''. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/cine-expandido/oclc/929659517&referer=brief_results''Cine Expandido'']. Buenos Aires: EDUNTREF, Editorial De La Universidad Nacional De Tres De Febrero, 2012. Spanish edition of ''Expanded Cinema''. Print.
* Vasulka, Steina. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/steina/oclc/262422903&referer=brief_results ''Steina'']. Santa Fe, N.M: SITE Santa Fe, 2008. Intw. by Gene Youngblood. Print.
* Vasulka, Steina. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262422903 ''Steina'']. Santa Fe, N.M: SITE Santa Fe, 2008. Intw. by Gene Youngblood. Print.
* Shaw, Jeffrey, Peter Weibel and Gene Youngblood. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/future-cinema-the-cinematic-imaginary-after-film/oclc/51913230&referer=brief_results "Cinema and the Code," ''Future Cinema: The Cinematic Imaginary After Film'']. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2003. Print.
* Shaw, Jeffrey, Peter Weibel and Gene Youngblood. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51913230 "Cinema and the Code," ''Future Cinema: The Cinematic Imaginary After Film'']. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2003. Print.
* Godard, Jean-Luc, and David Sterritt. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/jean-luc-godard-interviews/oclc/475582350&referer=brief_results ''Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews'']. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1998. Print.
* Godard, Jean-Luc, and David Sterritt. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475582350 ''Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews'']. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1998. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/metaphysical-structuralism-the-videotapes-of-bill-viola/oclc/33357962&referer=brief_results ''Metaphysical Structuralism: The Videotapes of Bill Viola'']. Santa Monica: Voyager Press, 1986. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33357962 ''Metaphysical Structuralism: The Videotapes of Bill Viola'']. Santa Monica: Voyager Press, 1986. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/la-weekly/oclc/321387912&referer=brief_results "The Redemption of the Amateur," ''L.A. Weekly, Dec. 13-19, 1985, Vol. 8 No. 3'']. Los Angeles: Stern Pub, 1978. Internet resource.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/321387912 "The Redemption of the Amateur," ''L.A. Weekly, Dec. 13–19, 1985, Vol. 8 No. 3'']. Los Angeles: Stern Pub, 1978. Internet resource.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/is-journal/oclc/13416442&referer=brief_results "Virtual Space: The Electronic Environments of Mobile Image" ''Is Journal'']. Los Angeles, CA: International Synergy, 1986. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13416442 "Virtual Space: The Electronic Environments of Mobile Image" ''Is Journal'']. Los Angeles, CA: International Synergy, 1986. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/coevolution-quarterly/oclc/5722271&referer=brief_results "The Mass Media and the Future of Desire," ''Coevolution Quarterly: No. 16'']. Sausalito, CA: Point, 1977. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5722271 "The Mass Media and the Future of Desire," ''Coevolution Quarterly: No. 16'']. Sausalito, CA: Point, 1977. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/expanded-cinema-introd-by-r-buckminster-fuller/oclc/741435276?referer=di&ht=edition ''Expanded Cinema'']. Introd. by R.. Buckminster Fuller. New York: Dutton, 1970. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741435276 ''Expanded Cinema'']. Introd. by R.. Buckminster Fuller. New York: Dutton, 1970. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/radical-software/oclc/1099678911&referer=brief_results "The Videosphere," ''Radical Software, Vol. 1, No. 1'']. New York: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, 1970. Internet resource.
* Youngblood, Gene. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1099678911 "The Videosphere," ''Radical Software, Vol. 1, No. 1'']. New York: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, 1970. Internet resource.
* Youngblood, Gene. ''World Game''. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970. Print.
* Youngblood, Gene. ''World Game''. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970. Print.


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Gene Youngblood}}
{{Commons category|Gene Youngblood}}
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*[http://losangelesfreepress.com/ Los Angeles Free Press] official website
*[http://losangelesfreepress.com/ Los Angeles Free Press] official website
* [https://vimeo.com/88892421 George Lucas: Filmmaker] Youngblood's 1-hour 1971 interview with George Lucas for Los Angeles PBS station KCET-TV.
* [https://vimeo.com/88892421 George Lucas: Filmmaker] Youngblood's 1-hour 1971 interview with George Lucas for Los Angeles PBS station KCET-TV.
* [http://www.neme.org/texts/metadesigning-for-the-future Metadesigning for the Future] - Gene Youngblood talks to Erkki Huhtamo
* [http://www.neme.org/texts/metadesigning-for-the-future Metadesigning for the Future] – Gene Youngblood talks to Erkki Huhtamo


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Gene Youngblood
Youngblood in 2012
Youngblood in 2012
Born(1942-05-30)May 30, 1942
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedApril 6, 2021(2021-04-06) (aged 78)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
OccupationFilm and culture critic; professor of film and video history, media arts, and media democracy
Spouses
Nancy Marilyn Youngblood
​
​
(m. 1970; div. 1980)​
Jane Youngblood
​
(m. 2012)​
Website
geneyoungblood.com

Gene Youngblood (May 30, 1942 – April 6, 2021)[1][2] was an American theorist of media arts and politics, and a respected scholar in the history and theory of alternative cinemas. His best-known book, Expanded Cinema, was the first to consider video as an art form and has been credited with helping to legitimate the fields of computer art and media arts.[3][4] He is also known for his pioneering work in the media democracy movement, a subject on which he taught, wrote, and lectured, beginning in 1967.[4][5][6]

Journalism[edit]

Youngblood circa 1980

For ten years in the 1960s, Gene Youngblood was a journalist for newspapers, television, and radio in Los Angeles. He was a reporter and film critic for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (1962–1967), a reporter for KHJ-TV, arts commentator for KPFK, and from 1967 to 1970 he was associate editor and columnist for the Los Angeles Free Press,[7] the first and largest of the underground newspapers of that era.

Academia[edit]

Youngblood has held several academic posts in his career, but is best known for his time with the Film/Video School at California Institute of the Arts and for helping to found the Moving Image Arts department at the College of Santa Fe.

Bibliography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gene Youngblood (1942–2021)". Artforum. April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Greenberger, Alex (April 7, 2021). "Gene Youngblood, Writer of Influential 'Expanded Cinema' Book, Has Died at 78". ARTnews. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Manovich, Lev. 2002. "Ten Key Texts on Digital Art: 1970–2000". Leonardo. 35 (5): 567–569.
  4. ^ a b Secession Trailer 1F Dir. Bryan Konefsky. Intvw. Steve Benedict, John Hanhardt, Chrissie Iles, and Steve Seid. Vimeo. Web. July 29, 2010.
  5. ^ Youngblood, Gene (1970). The Videosphere. pp. 17–18. OCLC 1099678911. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Youngblood, Gene (2013). Secession from the Broadcast: the Internet and the Crisis of Social Control. pp. 174–189. OCLC 5537628132. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Youngblood, Gene (1967–1970). "Los Angeles Free Press Articles by Gene Youngblood". Los Angeles Free Press.

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