Steve Rutt, Video Pioneer, Dead At 66
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Steve Rutt, Video Pioneer, Dead At 66
From the New York Times:
“Steve Rutt, an engineer, inventor and artist whose early video animation system made images expand and contract and leap and dance, and in so doing helped propel the video-art revolution of the 1970s, died on May 20th in Manhattan.”
READ THE COMPLETE NY TIMES OBIT HERE.
Steve, who I knew through renting editing equipment from his company, was a respected member of the New York post-production community.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RUTT/ETRA Video Synthesizer CLICK HERE.
Michael Temmer
Steve Rutt who I met in the 70’s was a wonderful generious man who never failed his friends and was a delight to visit and talk to, All of the video and art community will miss him.