. ▁Barbara ▁Meter ▁on ▁those ▁tur bul ent ▁times : ▁“ You ▁didn ' t ▁have ▁to ▁fight ▁your ▁way ▁through ▁the ▁hierarchy , ▁but ▁could ▁just ▁grab ▁a ▁camera ▁and ▁get ▁to ▁work .” ▁Visual ▁artists ▁who ▁used ▁the ▁medium ▁film ▁constit uted ▁a ▁relatively ▁independent ▁development ▁within ▁experimental ▁film ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁The ▁work ▁of ▁Sh ink ichi ▁T aj iri , ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁attract ed ▁attention ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁on wards ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁that ▁de cade , ▁he ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁concept ual ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Jan ▁D ib b ets , ▁Bas ▁Jan ▁A der , ▁Peter ▁Str uy cken , ▁Mar inus ▁van ▁Bo ez em , ▁Ger ▁van ▁El k ▁and ▁Michel ▁Card ena . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁movements ▁such ▁as ▁struct ural ist ▁film ▁lost ▁ground ▁and ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁films ▁with ▁a ▁critical ▁sub text . ▁T ogether ▁with ▁Will um ▁Th ij ss en ▁and ▁Paul ▁de ▁Mol , ▁Peter ▁Rub in ▁founded ▁Holland ▁Ex perimental ▁Film ▁( HE F ) ▁the ▁principal ▁goal ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁screen ▁Dutch ▁experimental ▁films ▁abroad . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁This ▁de cade ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁golden ▁age ▁of ▁video ▁art . ▁The ▁latter ' s ▁break through ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁was ▁the ▁‘ S ons be ek ▁bu iten ▁de ▁per ken ’ ▁festival ▁in