Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "Energism: An Attitude," by Ronny H. Cohen; "Picasso: The Surrealist Realist, Excerpts from a Coversation between Roland Penrose and Dominique Bozo"; "Passive Action/Active Passion," by Conrad Atkinson; "Independent Video: The First Fifteen Years," by Barbara London; "A Chronology of Video Activity in the United States: 1965-1980," by Barbara London with Lorraine Zippay; "Random Access Information," by Nam June Paik; "Breaking the Silence: The Spectator as Speaker," by Kenneth Baker; "St. John's Rotary Arc," by Richard Serra; "Better Never than Late: The Late Entries to the Chicago Tribune Competition," by John Vinci. Reviews by Kenneth Baker, Ronny H. Cohen, Hal Foster, J. Hoberman, Amy Taubin, Colin L. Westerbeck Jr., Tony Whitfield, Robert Broner, Shelley Rice, Nancy Princenthal, Joan Casademont, Jack Burnham, Susan Platt, Mary Stofflet, Stuart Morgan, and Micky Piller. Cover: Jonathan Borofsky.
