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.
Preface to the 2nd edition
Part 1. The Origins of Video Art: The Historical and Cultural Context
Chapter 1. In The Beginning: The Origins of Video Art
Chapter 2. Crossing Boundaries: International Tendencies and Influences in Early Artists' Video
Chapter 3. Technology, Access and Context: Social and Political Activists and Their Role in the Development of Video Art
Chapter 4. Expanded Cinema: The Influence of Experimental, Avant-Garde and "Underground" Film
Chapter 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 1970s
Chapter 7. Beyond the Lens: Abstract Video Imagery and Image Processing
Part 2: A Discussion of Some Representative and Influential Video Art Works Set in Relation to Their Technological and Critical Context
Chapter 8. In and Out of the Studio: The Advent of Inexpensive Non-Broadcast Video
Chapter 9. Cutting It: Accessible Video Editing
Chapter 10. Mixing it: Electronic/Digital Image Manipulation
Chapter 11. The Gallery Opens its Doors: Video Installation and Projection
Chapter 12. The Ubiquity of the Video Image: Artists' Video as an International Phenomenon
Part 3: The Development of Artists' Video and Installation in Response to Technological Change and Accessibility
Chapter 13. Fields, Lines & Frames: Video as an Electronic Medium
Chapter 14. The Means of Production: Feminism, Race, Gender, Technology and Access
Chapter 15. Off the Wall: Video Sculpture and Installation
Chapter 16. Going Digital: The Emergence of Digital Video Editing, Processing and Effects
Chapter 17.Video Art in the New Millennium: New Developments in Artists' Video since 2000
Part 4. References
• Technical Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index
