New Wine into Old Bottles: Some Comments on the Early Years of Art Video
Outer & Inner Space: Pipilotti Rist, Shirin Neshat, Jane & Louise Wilson, and the History of Video Art, 2002, pp. 4-13
Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Mudeum of Fine Art/University of Washington Press, 2002
The article presents a critical survey of the early history of video art, spanning from the early 60's to early 80's. Interesting issues such as the relationship between video and text in the early stage of video art production are analyzed. As well, the emergence of video technology as a militaristic and commercial interests at the aftermath of World War II, and the passage from and differentiation of avant-garde film and video art are also given consistent attention. The author spends quite some time talking about the emergence of video art in connection to women artists engaged in feminist activism.
ITEM 2002.119 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Sergei Eisenstein
Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau
Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978-1979) – Dara Birnbaum
Works for Broadcast (1977) – James Byrne
Maya Deren
The Connection (1961) – Shirley Clarke
Kenneth Anger
Marie Menken
Outer and Inner Space (1965) – Andy Warhol
Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (1980; MTV) – Andy Warhol
"Home Movement" (independent cinema movement, NY, mid 1960's) – Jonas Mekas
Bum (1965) – Les Levine
Teepee Videospace Troupe (collaborative project and "art movement between avant-garde film makers and thetre communities in NY) – Shirley Clarke
Propellerband (1979) – Klaus von Bruch
Allan Sekula
L.O.V.E. Collective
Nancy Buchanan
Mako Idemitsu
The Eternal Frame (1975) – T.R. Uthco
The Los Angeles Women's Building – Lynn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield
Douglas Davis
Blue Studio: Five Segments (1975-76) – Merce Cunningham and Charles Atlas
Representational Painting (1971) – Eleanor Antin
Raindance
Ardele Lister
TVTV
In Morning and In Rage (1976) – Leslie Labowitz and Suzanne Lacy
Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained(1977) – Martha Rosler
Nun and Deviant (1976) – Nancy Angelo and Candace Compton
Free, White and 21 (1980) – Howardena Pindell
Television Produces People (1973) – Richard Serra
Do You Believe in Television (1976) – Chris Burden
TV is OK (1976) – Ilene Segalove
Advice from Mom (1973) – Ilene Segalove
New and Used Car Salesman (1973-74) – William Wegman
Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975) – Martha Rosler
Theme Song (1973) – Vito Acconici
The Eternal Frame (1975) – Chip Lord (Ant Farm)
The Eternal Frame (1975) – Doug Michels (Ant Farm)
The Eternal Frame (1975) – Curtis Schreier (Ant Farm)