John ‘Hoppy' Hopkins
John ‘Hoppy' Hopkins
Hoppy was a British photographer, video-maker, journalist, researcher and political activist, prominent in counter cultural circles from the late 1960s onwards. In the late 1960s he was an ‘early adopter’ of portable video technology, initiating and working with a number of groups and organisations, including the Arts Lab, TVX, IRAT and Fantasy Factory.
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00:00 Start 00:34 In the beginning I didn't have a goal in mind. But when I arrived in London in 1960 I eventually became a photographer 01:37 The rise of International Times- an underground magazine 03:26 February 1969: A friend mentioned video to me 04:22 With a little help from Sony 05:50 When people see themselves 06:30 Do anything you want 07:56 The London New Arts Laboratory and TVX 08:34 A video intervention at the BBC 10:43 Community action in Notting Hill 11:59 Video in community development 13:37 Fantasy Factory A video resource run in partnership with Sue Hall 14:48 How to use general systems theory to run a video resource 16:26 Video as evidence in magistrates' courts in the UK 16:54 The Association of Video Workers 18:22 Technical Interventions 19:58 A rescue from oblivion -To digitise and archive our heritage 21:26 Epilogue - Song of Long Ago
