Gene Youngblood
Gene Youngblood | |
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Youngblood in 2012 | |
| Born | May 30, 1942 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | April 6, 2021 (aged 78) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film 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) |
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Gene Youngblood (May 30, 1942 – April 6, 2021) 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. He has been credited with helping to define and legitimate the fields of computer art and digital art.