2. Video Art Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures using video and audio. Form of expression in installations or as a stand alone art form. Received its name from the video tape, which was the primary form in the early years.
3. Types of Video Art Single Channel In single-channel works, a video is screened, projected or shown as a single series of images. Installation Installations typically comprise either an environment made up of several distinct pieces of video screened simultaneously, or a combination of video with Assemblage, or Performance art. Primary form of video art today.
4. Origins Artists began experimenting with video since the invention of the television. Wolf Vostell was the first artists to include working television sets in his 1959 assemblage “Deutscher Ausblick.” Wolf Vostell, Deutscher Ausblick, 1959. Click on image or copy link to view. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJq9eh6QsBg
5. History Andy Warhol and Nam June Paik were the pioneers of the Video Art movement. Warhol created films in his factory using 8mm, 16mm cameras and screened them for friends. Warhol's films included were “Sleep”, “Eat”, “Empire”, and “Chelsea Girls” which are now considered part of the genre. Andy Warhol
6. History With the invention of the Sony Portapak in 1965, the first portable video recorder, artists were able to instantly record visual ideas for their work. Sony Portapak 1965
7. History Nam June Paik (1932-2006) was one of the first artist to obtain a portapak, and created the first video art piece titled “Electronic Video Recorder”. Nam June Paik
8. Video Art Versus Film Making Video Art before the digital age could be recorded and played back instantly. Where film once it was shot had to be developed then edited. Video art does not need actors, dialogue, or plot. The video artist is concerned with exploring the medium itself, or to use it to challenge the viewer's ideas of space, time and form.
9. Video Art Today Digital video allows more artist the creative ability to make video. Primarily is single-channel or installation. Computers allow artists inexpensive and limitless ability to create different videos at home. Trends today Entirely created digital environments The internet allows the control of video in installations or from remote locations.
10. Other Video Artists Bill Viola Matthew Barney Peter Campus Gary Hill Candice Breitz
