Steina on New York in late 1960s, early 1970s: “People grouped together, formed tribes so to speak, in order to afford the video equipment. They had to pool equipment; it was a tremendous expense. I don’t know what the Portapak cost, but $1000 was worth a lot more than it is now, so it was substantial. Everybody got into this endless thing – they brought the Portapak and then they needed a VTR (Video Tape Recorder) and then they needed to edit. Editing, for the first year or so, was mostly done with razor blades.”