{"product_id":"video-art-theory-isbn-9781118475461","title":"Video Art Theory","description":"\u003ci\u003eVideo Art Theory: A Comparative Approach\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA critical investigation of the visual media and selected video artworks which contributes to the understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe only study specifically devoted to theorizing the medium of video from the perspective of prominent characteristics which result from how video works deal with time, space, representation, and narrative\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe text has emerged out of the author’s own lectures and seminars on video art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a comparative approach which students find especially useful, offering new perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Immediacy versus Memory: Video Art in Relation to Television, Performance Art, and Home Video 20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGillian Wearing's Trauma (2000) Juxtaposed to Joan Jonas's Vertical Roll (1972) 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Art Dealing with the Constant Movements of Audio-Visual Electronic Media, and the Immediacy and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Television 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Appeal of Immediacy: Video in Performance Art and Performance in Video Art 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Application of the Mnemonic Ability of Video and the Relationship with Activist-Videos and Home Video 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Immateriality versus Three-Dimensionality: Video Art as Sculpture, Installation Art, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eProjection, and Virtual Medium 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLynn Hershman's Tillie the Telerobotic Doll (1995) Juxtaposed to Andy Warhol's Outer and Inner Space\u003cbr\u003e(1965) 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTelevision as an Object: Sculpture or Part of Architecture 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial Video Installations and the Relationship with the Space of the Visitor 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProjections on Spatial Positioned Screens, the Space of Sound, and Interaction with the Visitor 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmaterial Projections Interfering in Darkened Sites and Immersing the Viewer 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInteracting in the Merged Physical and Digital Space 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Moving Images Mediating as Contemplative Images: Video's Challenge of Photography, Drawing, and Painting 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKudzanai Chiurai's Iyeza (2012) Juxtaposed to Thierry Kuntzel's E´te´ – double vue (1988) 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Art and Photography 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Art and Drawing 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Art and Painting 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Repetition and Fragmentation in Narrative: Video's Appropriation and Subversion of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassical Cinema 164\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandice Breitz's Mother + Father (2005) Juxtaposed to Rodney Graham's Vexation Island (1997) and Keren Cytter's Corrections (2013) 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAspects of Narrative in Video Art Reacting to Hollywood Films, and Views on Compulsive Repetition 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tension between Images and Verbal Language as Dialog, Voice-over, Voice-off, or Text 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Lieu of a Conclusion 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHelen Westgeest \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Her most recent publication is \u003ci\u003ePhotography Theory in Historical Perspective: Case Studies from Contemporary Art (\u003c\/i\u003eco-authored with Hilde Van Gelder, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). Westgeest is also editor and a contributor of \u003ci\u003eTake Place: Photography and Place from Multiple Perspectives (\u003c\/i\u003e2009) and joint editor of \u003ci\u003ePhotography between Poetry and Politics \u003c\/i\u003e(with Hilde Van Gelder, 2008). \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVideo Art Theory: A Comparative Approach\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving a highly elusive character from the outset, video art has also evolved strongly as a form of art in the five decades of its existence. This transformation notably gave rise to exciting changes in its relationships to other media. These concerns serve as the starting point for this study. Throughout the four chapters of the book, the author demonstrates why it is impossible to capture video art in a single, all-inclusive definition. Rather than searching for medium-specificity or a general theory, this study proves that it is more useful to develop a theoretical interdisciplinary framework for research into video art. Video artworks are compared with television and performance art (with regard to immediacy); installation art (dealing with space); photography and painting (related to representation); and cinema (with importance of narrative). This methodology not only yields new perspectives, but crucially provides students with a much-needed context for understanding the evolution and paramount importance of video as a medium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990453076197,"sku":"NP9781118475461","price":35.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118475461.jpg?v=1761787891","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/video-art-theory-isbn-9781118475461","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}