Video art theory : a comparative approach

Author

• Westgeest, Helen

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Language

English

ISBN

9781118475447

Series

Subject(s)

• VIDEO ART

Notes

. . Index: p. 199-211

Abstract

"Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life."--Publisher's description.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

vi, 211 p.

Dimension

24 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Immediacy versus memory: video art in relation to television, performance art, and home video --
Immateriality versus three-dimensionality: video art as sculpture, installation art, projection, and virtual medium --
Moving images mediating as contemplative images: video's challenge of photography, drawing, and painting --
Repetition and fragmentation in narrative: video's appropriation and subversion of classical cinema.

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