Talk:Anda Korsts

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I would include the founders of TvTv in this article, and use the link tool to create a Hyperlink to the wikipedia articles about those individuals: Allen Rucker, Michael Shamberg, Tom Weinberg, Hudson Marquez and Megan Williams.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 January 2020 and 5 May 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Amypearllang, Afsimon5. Peer reviewers: Sasha.miamia, Alexjanakiraman.

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Citations

Citations are good, but please clean up formatting. AmyDeer (talk) 11:57, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Personal Life Section

Be careful here -- some of this information might be too personal for an encyclopedia entry. For example, references to her seizures, cancer, adoption, and cause of death ("falling over and cracking her head open." -- might be a better way to state this? Died from brain injury? -- if you must). If her illnesses are important to her work, than include, otherwise, I'd think about removing. Also, remove the name of her adopted daughter, for privacy concerns. Overall, think about how this section informs our understanding of Korsts as a notable figure. AmyDeer (talk) 12:03, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

In this section, from the sentence that starts with "Her mother was a dentist..." until "her relationship with film as a medium", that chunk of text spans a couple sentences but there are only two sources listed at the end of the last sentence -- therefore we don't know which sentence belongs to which source. Also, the phrase "successful Loop lawyer" has a bit of a tone and maybe needs to be changed. Sasha.miamia (talk) 03:33, 8 March 2020 (UTC) Additionally in this section, when I was going through and making copy edits on the article page, this sentence was wordy and a bit confusing: "Throughout Korsts career her Latvian background instilled motives for documenting and preserving the perception of ethnic culture’s experiences being integrated into American culture." I tried to change it to make a bit more sense, but you probably want to go back and check. Sasha.miamia (talk) 03:15, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

The sentence should read "Anda Korsts married" rather than was married. Is the year of her divorce known? The sentences about her Latvian background and her filmmaking seem like they belong at the beginning of the career page rather than here. they relate her personal life to her work, sure, but aren't related to the factual information about her life. Is any information available about how why she was working at WBBM or any education? --Alexjanakiraman (talk) 06:45, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Additional topics / sections

What is the significance of using the "camcorder" as their primary tool of expression. Also what were the other artist using said equipment during this period. They are technological, and economic reasons for using this equipment - was this a local phenomena, or was she apart of a larger group of artist using this technology. Also how did this affect her previous practice? These are questions to think about.

"Videopolis is considered to be Chicago's first comprehensive video project, giving information to the public about videos" - comments like these should be substantiated. Who's saying this, and why are they saying it. These are like bullet points to a larger piece of information. There a few more of these situations throughout the article. I would try and cite as much as possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Westnilebaptsit (talk • contribs) 22:20, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Some additional topic or subject areas to discuss might be Korsts's work on the "It's a Living" series and her own, multi-media theatrical work. AmyDeer (talk) 13:03, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

" Her father was a CPA living in Chicago by 1956. " May need to clarify what this sentence means. Was he working towards his CPA certificate, and obtained it by 1956? Or was he able to find a job as a CPA by 1956? Is the year significant? Krosen3 (talk) 04:04, 4 November 2015 (UTC)Krosen3

First part of this sentence sounds good: " They trained students how to use video equipment..." but the second half needs clarification. Whose program is it? Was their goal to create work that reflected well on the program, or did the videos produced show the success of the program? "and how to make their videos an essential part to their programs. " Krosen3 (talk) 04:10, 4 November 2015 (UTC)Krosen3

In the first sentence the phrase: "giving information to the public about videos" is a bit too vague, giving what kind of information about what kinds of videos, what about the video art form did they want to share? The rest of the paragraph does clear it up some, but I still this sentence could be concise. Similarly, the sentence following could be condensed or broken up into two. I don't know if 'theArt Council' is a typo, but I changed it to the Art. For the places were you are talking about specific works, it could be helpful to put them under a "Significant Works" header. For the Artraud Project, I dont think it is necessary to list who else was involved in it, just to focus on AndaSasha.miamia (talk) 03:48, 8 March 2020 (UTC). We are told Anda left her previous job at WBBM, but it should mention what WBBM is. Sasha.miamia (talk) 03:17, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

WBBM wikipedia page should be linked. it's unclear why cable being in chicago is relevant, and the information about the portapak should probably go along with this sentence so the advances in technology are grouped before talking about experimentation and the groups korsts was a part of. "Videopolis also documented the Chicago Imagists, a school of artists" and "The Chicago Imagists were interviewed for their artwork by the crew" are redundant sentences. I'm not sure that the quote from her sister is very important nor does it add much. also unsure of the wikipedia etiquette surrounding using a quote like this? for all of the work, but especially "Four More Years" and the Artaud Project, I'm curious if any information is available about their reception to the public. this is something I'm always curious about and could really round out the info that is here. --Alexjanakiraman (talk) 06:53, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Lead

Because there is a lot of information available, I think the lead could be more specific about the kind of filmmaking Korsts was interested in the beginning, and possibly the PBS work could be mentioned as it seems like a big deal. What was her ideology beyond just being one of the first filmmakers in chicago? --Alexjanakiraman (talk) 06:39, 10 March 2020 (UTC)