Sara Hornbacher

Sara Hornbacher is a digital media artist, well known for her experimental electronic image processing following in the steps of the first pioneers of the medium, including Paul Sharits, Michael Snow, and Peter Campus. Her interest in this field began in 1974 with her experiencing “The Projected Images” exhibit at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, which featured the aforementioned artists known for their experimental film and video work.

Following this, Hornbacher was invited to Buffalo, which was during this time the epicenter of structuralist film, and also where Paul Sharits was teaching at the University of Buffalo’s Center for Media Studies. She received her graduate degree from the Center for Media Studies, and during her graduate studies, Sara Hornbacher completed her first residency at the Experimental Television Center in Owego, New York in 1976.

In 1981, Sara Hornbacher moved to New York City, where she was included in numerous exhibits, including “Video: Abstraction and Image Processing” at the Anthology Film Archives, and “Themes in Image-Processing II” at The Kitchen. During this time, she had begun to shape the arena of video art while working in the television industry. Her first solo exhibition was mounted at New Math Gallery in the East Village in 1985.

Sara Hornbacher solidified her role as a pioneer of video art, independent from her teachers at CMS, when she was chosen to represent The United States for the “The Fourth Annual Australian Video Festival” in Sydney, Australia. The conference that year was focused on Marshall Mcluhan, who greatly inspired Hornbacher’s work. [1]

In 1994, Sara Hornbacher left New York City for Atlanta, where she continued working as the chair of the video department at the Atlanta College of Art. Since 1974, Sara Hornbacher has continued to explore and expand the boundaries of site-specific installations with components of electronic imaging. She has also taught generations of video and visual art students, continuing to shape the landscape of electronic imaging and visual art through her teachings. [1]

[1]  Welgos, Lyndsy. "DO YOU KNOW THE WORKS OF SARA HORNBACHER?" http://topicalcream.info/editorial/sara-hornbacher-2/ (accessed 4/9/2018)