In his introduction to the Castello di Rivoli's Video Art printed collection, David A. Ross reconfigures the concept of video art and discusses the difficulty of defining video art, both historically and aesthetically. Ross traces the confluence of several important factors in video art's emergence: the history of 20th century art, film history, the evolution of video technology, the development of journalism, the evolution of philosophical concerns emanating from the impact of Structuralism, post-Freudian scholarship, etc.

The full publication spans 286 pages and presents the video collection of the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1984. According the the museum's website, the publication is "an indispensable tool in analyzing this significant section of the Museum’s collections. Organized according to curatorial entries for each artist, this book contains information and critical notes on the works, offering a discerning view of the history of this innovative artistic medium and representing an international cross-section of its most significant artists." [Taken from: https://www.castellodirivoli.org/en/shop/video-art-the-castello-di-rivoli-collection/]