Moving Pictures:
How does video differ from its two closest relatives, film and
television?
What value did founder of Italian futurism, Filippo Tommaso
Marinetti place on video recording?
Who came up with the term, “dialogical memory”? What was it in
reference to?
The 1960s:
Which video artist installed their “Exposition of Music-
Electronic Television” exhibition
in March 1963?
Who coined the term “decollage”?
Describe the relationship that developed between video and
television in the 1960s.
Technology and Image:
What could be considered the greatest technological development
since the emergence of
video art?
Who introduced the first digital camera onto the market? What year
was it introduced?
What does the “copy and paste” function allow?
The 1970s:
Why did video feedback technology become such an important system
for artists?
What type of esthetic quality does the media images of the 1970s
demonstrate?
What is the slogan VT ≠ TV representative of?
Body and Performance:
Define Action art.
Action art is an artistic trend that developed by the end of the 1950s and continued to operate during the following decades. Action artists used to perform in their studios in front of a camera and with no audience. Thus, video became for them a kind of mirror, as well as an electronic design material. (Francesca Gallo)
Action art is an artistic trend that developed by the end of the 1950s and continued to operate during the following decades. Action artists used to perform in their studios in front of a camera and with no audience. Thus, video became for them a kind of mirror, as well as an electronic design material. (Francesca Gallo)
How did the introduction of video installation change the cultural
direction of video art?
In what way did Dan Graham use live video feedback?
Time Codes:
What role does time play in video as an artistic medium?
How did Pipilotti Rist use time as a function in her 2005 Biennial
contribution?
What did the introduction of MTV in the 1970s reflect in video
art?
Movie Video:
Describe the relationship between film and video.
What kind of role does theater play in video art?
What is “crosscutting”?
The 1990s:
Why has the “video artist” ceased to exist since the beginning of
the 1990s?
Which strategies and topics stand out in the everyday artistic life
of the 1990s?
How is media culture itself an important emphasis of video art?
In-Between: Documentary Format and Word
Views:
How does the narrative structure differ from the documentary format?
What tradition is the documentary format based on?
How do young video artists unravel a world community through
video?
