A Critique of the Media: Turning the Tables: Surveillance Techniques and the Viewer as Participant
Video Art, 2003, pp. 20-38
London: Thames & Hudson, 2003
This segment looks at Video Art's earliest start which was preoccupied with critiques of television and other media. It examines many important contributors to video and offers an illustrative narrative of selected works. The author goes on to examine some artists who turned the tables and used surveillance techniques to make the viewer a participant.
ITEM 2003.039 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Yonemoto – Bruce Nauman
The Eternal Frame – Ant Farm
Between the Lines – Muntadas
Video Is Television? – Muntadas
On Translation – Muntadas
La Siesta/Dujte/The Nap – Muntadas
Azimut – Klaus vom Bruch
Hood – Klaus vom Bruch
Pop-Pop Video – Dara Birmbaum
Technology/Transformation – Dara Birnbaum
Not a Model for Big Brother's Spy-Cycle – Dietder Froese
Theme Song – Vito Acconci
Performance Corridor – Bruce Nauman
Interface – Peter Campus
mem – Peter Campus
Don't Worry – Julia Scher
Wonderland – Julia Scher
Security by Julia II,IV, XLV – Julia Scher