Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the U.S. 1968-1980, 8 vols. by
Since its original release in 1995, this comprehensive two-volume, eight-program package on the history of experimental and independent video curated by Christine Hill was available only on VHS tape. The DVD launch brings this essential tool for the understanding of the development of media arts to a whole new generation of teachers, libraries, students and researchers.
Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image, 11 vols. by
Features eleven of the most important artists worldwide working in film, video, and digital imagery today. Each DVD features the artist's newly commissioned project; an in-depth interview with the artist; an image library of the artist's previous work; and biographical material.
Fluxfilm Anthology
Dating from the sixties (1962-1970) and compiled by George Maciunas (37 out of 41), founder of Fluxus, the fluxfilm anthology is a document consisting of 41 short films ranging from 10 seconds to 10 minutes in length. Elements of ephemeral environments, these films, some of which were meant to be screened as continuous loops, were shown as part of the events and happenings of the New York avant-garde.
Video Art by
Video art has moved from brief showings on tiny screens in alternative art spaces to dominance in international exhibitions and artistic events, in which vast video installations sometimes occupy factory-sized buildings or video projections take over the walls of an entire city block.
A History of Video Art: The Development of Form and Function by
Video Art is a critical introduction and guide to artists' video in both Europe and North America. It covers the period from the early 1960s -- when video art first appeared as a distinctive medium -- into the 1990s, when digital technology merged video's distinctive practice with that of independent film-making and photography.
Abstract Video: The Moving Image in Contemporary Art by
Offering historical and theoretical positions from a variety of art historians, artists, curators, and writers, this groundbreaking collection is the first substantive sourcebook on abstraction in moving-image media. With a particular focus on art since 2000, Abstract Video addresses a longer history of experimentation in video, net art, installation, new media, expanded cinema, visual music, and experimental film.
Moving Image (Documents of Contemporary Art) by
Anthology of critical writings on the moving image.
Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach by
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.
California Video: Artists and Histories by
Published to accompany a landmark exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from March 15 through June 18, 2008, "California Video" presents the first comprehensive survey of the history of video art in California.
Rewind : Video Art and Alternative Media in the United States, 1968-1980 by 
Illuminating Video by
In association with the Bay Area Video Coalition An insightful evaluation of this art form since its early beginnings, examining its theoretical, aesthetic, & social implications.
Artists' Video: An International Guide by
This multicultural and international survey of artists' videotapes reflects the extraordinary richness and diversity of independent media art production from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
Feedback: the Video Data Bank Catalog of Video Art and Artist Interviews by
Founded in 1976 at the inception of the media arts movement, the Video Data Bank is the leading resource in the United States for videotapes by and about contemporary artists. The collections include seminal works that, seen as a whole, describe the development of video as an art form originating in the late 1960s and continuing to the present.
Installation and the Moving Image by
Since the 1960s, artists have systematically explored filmic and televisual phenomena in the controlled environments of galleries and museums, drawing on multiple antecedents in cinema, television and the visual arts. This volume traces this lineage through architecture, painting, sculpture, performance, film history, and the ferment of countercultural film and video practices in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Screens: Viewing Media Installation Art by
Investigates how viewers experience screen-based art in museums.
Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot by
This new, fully illustrated catalog on the celebrated progenitor of video art, Nam June Paik (1932-2006), brings together a host of scholars, artists and Paik's own collaborators to illuminate the work of this innovative artist.
Walid Raad by
Lebanese artist Walid Raad is an influential voice in art from the Middle East. Published for his first comprehensive exhibition in the US, this catalogue surveys three decades of Raad's practice in photography, video and performance.
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