Jaime Davidovich was a conceptual, video and installation artist, as well as a pioneering activist for the potential of artist-run, local cable television programming. Davidovich was a founding member of Cable SoHo (1976) and president of the Artists' Television Network (1978). His own cable access show, a weekly variety program called The Live! Show, aired on Manhattan Cable Television from 1979 until 1984. In the guise of his alter-ego, Dr. Videovich, Davidovich hosted the show, which featured performances by and interviews with art world personalities, live phone-ins, and a home-shopping segment from which he sold his collection of TV-related kitsch.
Jaime Davidovich was born in Argentina in 1936 and moved to New York in 1963. He was educated at the National College of Buenos Aires; the University of Uruguay, and the School of Visual Arts, New York. Davidovich is the recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowships, for the years 1978, 1984 and 1990; and t...
