A history of video art
By: Chris Meigh-Andrews
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780857851772; 9780857851789; 9780857851888; 9780857851895
Subjects: Video art; History; ART / Film & Video; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production; PHOTOGRAPHY / Techniques / Cinematography & Videography; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Television & Video; ART / Digital
Description: "A History of Video Art is a revised and expanded edition of the 2006 original, which extends the scope of the first edition, incorporating a wider range of artists and works from across the globe and explores and examines developments in the genre of artists' video from the mid 1990s up to the present day. In addition, the new edition expands and updates the discussion of theoretical concepts and ideas which underpin contemporary artists' video. Tracking the changing forms of video art in relation to the revolution in electronic and digital imaging that has taken place during the last 50 years, A History of Video Art orients video art in the wider art historical context, with particular reference to the shift from the structuralism of the late 1960s and early 1970s to the post-modernist concerns of the 1980s and early 1990s. The new edition also explores the implications of the internationalisation of artists' video in the period leading up to the new millennium and its concerns and preoccupations including post-colonialism, the post-medium condition and the impact and influence of the internet"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Preface to the 2nd editionPart 1. The Origins of Video Art: The Historical and Cultural ContextChapter 1. In The Beginning: The Origins of Video ArtChapter 2. Crossing Boundaries: International Tendencies and Influences in Early Artists' VideoChapter 3. Technology, Access and Context: Social and Political Activists and Their Role in the Development of Video ArtChapter 4. Expanded Cinema: The Influence of Experimental, Avant-Garde and "Underground" FilmChapter 5. Musique Concrete, Fluxus and Tape Loops: The Influence of Sound Recording and Experimental Music on Artists' Video Chapter 6. Theory and Practice: The Impact of Theoretical Ideas on Early Technology-Based Practice in the 1970sChapter 7. Beyond the Lens: Abstract Video Imagery and Image ProcessingPart 2: A Discussion of Some Representative and Influential Video Art Works Set in Relation to Their Technological and Critical ContextChapter 8. In and Out of the Studio: The Advent of Inexpensive Non-Broadcast VideoChapter 9. Cutting It: Accessible Video EditingChapter 10. Mixing it: Electronic/Digital Image ManipulationChapter 11. The Gallery Opens its Doors: Video Installation and ProjectionChapter 12. The Ubiquity of the Video Image: Artists' Video as an International PhenomenonPart 3: The Development of Artists' Video and Installation in Response to Technological Change and AccessibilityChapter 13. Fields, Lines & Frames: Video as an Electronic MediumChapter 14. The Means of Production: Feminism, Race, Gender, Technology and AccessChapter 15. Off the Wall: Video Sculpture and Installation Chapter 16. Going Digital: The Emergence of Digital Video Editing, Processing and EffectsChapter 17.Video Art in the New Millennium: New Developments in Artists' Video since 2000 Part 4. References[bullet] Technical Glossary[bullet] Bibliography[bullet] Index.