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Context The history of video art begins barely forty years ago in 1965 with the introduction of the Sony Portapak (see above), the first hand held camera and video tape recorder. The Portapak revolutionized video technology, making it accessible and affordable for the first time to artists, filmmakers, political activists and community groups outside the world of commercial film and television. Through the work of three generations of 'video artists' and 'artists who use video', the medium has become ubiquitous, characterized by an innovative, experimental approach that exploits its immediacy and portability, and that celebrates its freedom from the constraints of the marketplace. It is "an art of time". (Michael Rush: 'Video Art' , Thames and Hudson, 2003) Checklist The following checklist is a starting point for students when discussing or writing about video art:
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| Where shown | Was the video shown on a small screen, in a gallery, as part of an installation, as a single-screen projection, as a multiple-screen projection, in a cinema, in a non-art venue? |
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| Audience | Who do you judge the proposed audience for the video to be? Was it made for a mass public, a TV audience, local gallery-goers, the international art world, another minority group? Did it involve the spectator in any way e.g. interactivity? Or was s/he a passive viewer and consumer of culture? |
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| Narrative | Was there a linear or non-linear narrative? Has the artist tried to find a new way to tell a story? Can you summarize it? |
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| Time | Did the video manipulate time in any way? Did it take place in real time? Did it creatively expand time, repeat events on a loop, fast forward action, slow it down or speed it up? Did it depict multiple layers of time simultaneously? |
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| Multimedia | Did the video artist use other technology or media: 3D or sculpture, computer graphics, animation, virtual reality, sound, interactivity, film, DVD or CD-rom? |
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| Compare with commercial film | Which of the characteristics you have described above distinguish this video from a mainstream feature film? Was it heavily edited or hardly at all? Did it use any traditional filmic techniques? Was it low-budget with a hand-made feel? Did it seem to use professional actors? Was it experimental, or did it conform to a genre? |
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Other significant video artists You may wish to look up the work of some of these influential video artists using a search engine, in addition to those British artists already suggested on the linked websites. Matthew Barney Bruce Nauman Nam June Paik Andy Warhol Gary Hill Jane and Louise Wilson
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