As deconstructions of the television viewing experience, Davis' early works exemplify the formal investigations pursued by the first generation of video artists. This anthology comprises Davis' pioneering work, which subverts assumptions of how time and space operate within the television frame. Breaking through television's "fourth wall," he interacts with the audience directly. An interview with Davis by Russell Connor is intercut with excerpts from the following works: The Santa Clara Tapes (1973), Numbers, A Videotape Event for the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1972), Studies in Black and White Videotape I (1971), Street Sentences (1972), Studies in Color Videotape II (1972), Talk-Out! (1972), Studies in Myself (1973), The Austrian Tapes (1974), The Florence Tapes (1974), and The Caracas Tapes (1975).