"Ira Schneider's 1974/2006 Manhattan is an Island was one example (of the surprises)... On 23 monitors mounted on unusually tall pedestals of varying heights, suggesting skyscrapers and evoking Manhattan, Schneider presented black-and-white video footage of people moving about he city, capturing the ceaseless intensity of life on the sidewalks and streets."
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Joseph Jacobs. "When Video Was Young," in: Art in America, May 2007, p. 120; Quoted on Manhattan Is An Island (1974/2006) at ira-schneider.com.
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