Sunday, April 26, 2015

Marissa Miller Video Art Assignment

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)

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?



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