"The American video and installation artist Bill Viola is one of the most popular artists in the world today. Significatnly, at a time when an artist's importance is oftern conferred by small groups of experts and cognoscenti, Viola's rich imagery touches a nerve with large inte…
"Timeshift argues that video, rather than film or television, has the potential to become a uniquely democratic medium. Through electronic recording -- video rental, off-air recordings, music video, community, campaign or artists' video -- viewers have found a new set of cultura…
by Armstrong, Carol, Zegher, Catherine de
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"Throughout the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, video art as vehicles for social, cultural, and political analysis were prominent within global museum based contemporary art exhibitions. For many, video art during this period stood for contemporary art. Yet from the outset, vid…
"Throughout the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, video art as vehicles for social, cultural, and political analysis were prominent within global museum based contemporary art exhibitions. For many, video art during this period stood for contemporary art. Yet from the outset, vid…
The index and the interface -- Uncanny confusion : early video and the fantasy of presence -- Touching television : Chris Burden's anti-spectacular video and the ethics of observation -- Inhabiting the interface : the mixed reality of satellite telecommunication -- The presence …
