An Art of Temporality
Film and Video Art, 2009, pp. 66-85
Christopher Eamon, a New York-based independent curator and writer, explores the ways in which different art forms (painting, performance, music), along with the previous artistic movements of the early 20th century (Fluxus, Surrealism, Minimalist Art, Structuralism), influenced the development of video art. He argues that the unique temporal character of these works has made a crucial aesthetic contribution to the development of video art; hence, designated the art of video as art of temporality.
ITEM 2009.114 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Autumn Rhythm – Hans Namuth
The Legacy of Jackson Pollock – Allan Kaprow
Simone Forti
"Hand Movie" (1966), "Line" (1969), – Yvonne Rainer
Kiss the Girls: Make Them Cry (1999), Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978) – Dara Birnbaum
Black Room Cycle, Television De-Collage – Wolf Vostell
Opera Sextronique, Exposition of Music - Electronic Television – Nam June Paik
Judson Dance Theatre – Anna Halprin
Meredith Monk
At Land – Maya Deren
Vertical Roll – Jonas Mekas
Wavelength – Michael Snow
Touch Cinema, Hearing Sound/Seeing Sound, Adjunct Dislocations – VALIE EXPORT
Flaming Creatures, Normal Love – Jack Smith
Merce Cunningham
Uncovering a Sculpture, Span, Walk with Contrapposto (1968) – Bruce Nauman
William Allan
Centers (1971), Face Off (1972), Double Vision(1971),, Interface (1972), Vertical Roll (1972) – Vito Acconci
He Weeps for You (1974) – Bill Viola
Sunrise to Sunset, Roll, Helix Spiral, Opposing Mirrors and Video Monitors with Time Delay – Dan Graham
Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, Kiss the Girls – Dara Birnbaum
Hole in the Wall, Electronic Music: Improvisations, Soundings – Gary Hill
"4'33"', "Theatre Piece No. 1" – John Cage
Prune Flat, Shower, Bathroom Sink – Robert Whitman
Dick Higgins
Mary Caroline Richards
Robert Rauschenberg
David Tudor
Sleep, Hair Cut, Blow Job, Empire, Outer and Inner Space, Portrait of Ethel's Skull Thirty-Six Times – Andy Warhol
George Brecht
George Maciunas
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Hurlements en Faveur de Sade (Howls in Favor of Sade) – Guy Debord
Jackson Pollock
Joan Jonas
Hand Catching Lead – Richard Serra
Composition for 2 Musicians, Siberian Symphony, Ist movement – Joseph Beuys