In 2009, analog television broadcasts
went off the air forever in the United
States. In the same year, LZX was born.
We knew our mission to preserve and
empower the tradition of analog video
art instruments would be difficult, but
that a potential revolution lay in wait.
And here you are, an artist in a new age
of video art, holding an impossible
instrument.
Vidiot would have cost a fortune in the
1970s. Strictly the domain of television
broadcast studios and universities.
That’s why engineers like our design
partner Dan Bucciano
had difficulty
making video
synthesizers
a reality for the
common artist...
until now!
At 14 years old, Dan began his lifelong
journey with video art by experimenting
with broken TV sets, creating visuals to
entertain himself and his friends.
This fascination drew him to New York
City in the 1970’s to become a player in
the eclectic community of artist-
engineers responsible for some of the
world’s first analog video synths. As a
young technician, he worked for video
synth pioneers such as Eric Siegel and
Bill Etra.
Releasing his own video instrument has
been a life long ambition, now fulfilled
with Vidiot. Dan currently lives in Maine
on an 11-acre plot of woods where he
creates video art and teaches
workshops about essential oils.
Meet Dan Bucciano
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Welcome Video Artist
