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Part I The Origins of Video Art: The Historical and Cultural Context
1 In the Beginning: The Origins of Video Art 5
2 Crossing Boundaries: International Tendencies and Influences in Early Artists' Video 19
3 Technology, Access and Context: Social and Political Activists and Their Role in the Development of Video Art 59
4 Expanded Cinema: The Influence and Relationship of Experimental, Avant-Garde and Underground Film 71
5 Musique Concrete, Fluxus and Tape Loops: The Influence and Impact of Sound Recording and Experimental Music on Video Art 89
6 Theory and Practice: The Influence and Impact of Theoretical Ideas on Technology-Based Practice in the 1970s 101
7 Beyond the Lens: Abstract Video Imagery and Image Processing 111
Part II A Discussion of Some Representative and Influential Video Art Works Set in Relation to their Technical and Critical Context
8 In and Out of the Studio: The Advent of Inexpensive Non-Broadcast Video 149
Vertical Roll / Joan Jonas, USA, 1972
Television Delivers People / Richard Serra, Carlotta Fay Schoolman, USA, 1973
This is a Television Monitor / David Hall, UK, 1973
Monitor 1 / Steve Partridge, UK, 1975
The Video Touch / Wojciech Bruszewski, Poland, 1977
9 Cutting It: Accessible Video Editing 165
Keeping Marlene Out of the Picture / Eric Cameron, Canada, 1973
Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman / Dara Birnbaum, USA, 1979
The Western is Alive / Klaus vom Bruch, West Germany, 1983
With Child / Catherine Elwes, UK, 1984
Blue Monday / Duvet Brothers, UK, 1984
10 Mixing It: Electronic/Digital Image Manipulation 181
Monument / Ture Sjolander, Lars Week, Sweden, 1967
Merging-Emerging / Peter Donebauer, UK, 1978
The Reflecting Pool / Bill Viola, USA, 1977-79
Juste le Temps / Robert Cahen, France, 1983
Art of Memory / Woody Vasulka, USA, 1987
Obsessive Becoming / Daniel Reeves, UK/USA, 1995
11 The Gallery Opens Its Doors: Video Installation and Projection 199
De La / Michael Snow, Canada, 1971
Il nuotatore / Studio Azzurro, Italy, 1984
Television Circle / Judith Goddard, UK, 1987
The Situation Envisaged: The Rite II / David Hall, UK, 1988
Tall Ships / Gary Hill, USA, 1992
Part III The Development of Artists' Video and Video Installation in Response to Technological Change and Accessibility
12 Fields, Lines and Frames: Video as an Electronic Medium 215
Television Workshops: Broadcast and Cable
Closed-circuit TV Sound and Picture: Colour and Monochrome
Relationship to Sound, The Picture Signal, The Camera Image, Recordings and Tape
13 The Means of Production: Feminism and 'Otherness'
Race, Sexuality, Technology and Access 235
New Technologies: Freedom from History
Performance, Video, Intimacy and 'Liveness'
Ethnicity, Sexuality, Race and Issues, of Access and Visibility
Alternative Means of Distribution and Exhibition
14 Off the Wall: Video Sculpture and Installation 243
Video Installation: Relationships between Images and Space
Sculptural Installations and Video Sculpture
Video Projection: Cinema or Television?
15 Going Digital: The Emergence of Digital Video Processing and Effects 261
The Emergence of Digital Effects
Interactivity: New Narrative Possibilities
Computer Editing: Non-Linearity
The Virtual
Is There a 'Digital Aesthetic'?
16 The End of Video Art? Convergence and the Blurring of Boundaries Between Film and Video 277
Convergence. Recent Artists' Video and Blurring of Film and Production Techniques.
Part I The Origins of Video Art: The Historical and Cultural Context
1 In the Beginning: The Origins of Video Art 5
2 Crossing Boundaries: International Tendencies and Influences in Early Artists' Video 19
3 Technology, Access and Context: Social and Political Activists and Their Role in the Development of Video Art 59
4 Expanded Cinema: The Influence and Relationship of Experimental, Avant-Garde and Underground Film 71
5 Musique Concrete, Fluxus and Tape Loops: The Influence and Impact of Sound Recording and Experimental Music on Video Art 89
6 Theory and Practice: The Influence and Impact of Theoretical Ideas on Technology-Based Practice in the 1970s 101
7 Beyond the Lens: Abstract Video Imagery and Image Processing 111
Part II A Discussion of Some Representative and Influential Video Art Works Set in Relation to their Technical and Critical Context
8 In and Out of the Studio: The Advent of Inexpensive Non-Broadcast Video 149
Vertical Roll / Joan Jonas, USA, 1972
Television Delivers People / Richard Serra, Carlotta Fay Schoolman, USA, 1973
This is a Television Monitor / David Hall, UK, 1973
Monitor 1 / Steve Partridge, UK, 1975
The Video Touch / Wojciech Bruszewski, Poland, 1977
9 Cutting It: Accessible Video Editing 165
Keeping Marlene Out of the Picture / Eric Cameron, Canada, 1973
Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman / Dara Birnbaum, USA, 1979
The Western is Alive / Klaus vom Bruch, West Germany, 1983
With Child / Catherine Elwes, UK, 1984
Blue Monday / Duvet Brothers, UK, 1984
10 Mixing It: Electronic/Digital Image Manipulation 181
Monument / Ture Sjolander, Lars Week, Sweden, 1967
Merging-Emerging / Peter Donebauer, UK, 1978
The Reflecting Pool / Bill Viola, USA, 1977-79
Juste le Temps / Robert Cahen, France, 1983
Art of Memory / Woody Vasulka, USA, 1987
Obsessive Becoming / Daniel Reeves, UK/USA, 1995
11 The Gallery Opens Its Doors: Video Installation and Projection 199
De La / Michael Snow, Canada, 1971
Il nuotatore / Studio Azzurro, Italy, 1984
Television Circle / Judith Goddard, UK, 1987
The Situation Envisaged: The Rite II / David Hall, UK, 1988
Tall Ships / Gary Hill, USA, 1992
Part III The Development of Artists' Video and Video Installation in Response to Technological Change and Accessibility
12 Fields, Lines and Frames: Video as an Electronic Medium 215
Television Workshops: Broadcast and Cable
Closed-circuit TV Sound and Picture: Colour and Monochrome
Relationship to Sound, The Picture Signal, The Camera Image, Recordings and Tape
13 The Means of Production: Feminism and 'Otherness'
Race, Sexuality, Technology and Access 235
New Technologies: Freedom from History
Performance, Video, Intimacy and 'Liveness'
Ethnicity, Sexuality, Race and Issues, of Access and Visibility
Alternative Means of Distribution and Exhibition
14 Off the Wall: Video Sculpture and Installation 243
Video Installation: Relationships between Images and Space
Sculptural Installations and Video Sculpture
Video Projection: Cinema or Television?
15 Going Digital: The Emergence of Digital Video Processing and Effects 261
The Emergence of Digital Effects
Interactivity: New Narrative Possibilities
Computer Editing: Non-Linearity
The Virtual
Is There a 'Digital Aesthetic'?
16 The End of Video Art? Convergence and the Blurring of Boundaries Between Film and Video 277
Convergence. Recent Artists' Video and Blurring of Film and Production Techniques.