Critical Writing Index

Video Art: A Top Twenty

by John Slyce and Matthew Collings

Modern Painters, Summer 2000, v. 13, no. 2, pp. 30-33

A top twenty guide of basic concepts and important names in video art.

ITEM 2000.056 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Slow Angle Walk/Beckett WalkBruce Nauman

Spelling LessonWilliam Wegman

Semiotics of the KitchenMartha Rosler

Vexation IslandRodney Graham

The PassingBill Viola

Performer/Audience/MirrorDan Graham

The Red TapesVito Acconci

2 into 1Gillian Wearing

Fall IIBas Jan Ader

Moon is the Oldest TVNam June Pak

Electronic SuperhighwayNam June Pak

Why Do Things Get In a Muddle (Come on Petunia)Gary Hill

I Love YouGillian Wearing

So Help Me HannahHannah Wilke

EveningStan Douglas

7 TV PiecesDavid Hall

Family Tyranny and Cultural SoupPaul McCarthy

Family Tyranny and Cultural SoupMike Kelly

Vertical RollJoan Jonas

I am not a girl who missesPipilotti Rist

I am Making ArtJohn Baldessari

Through the Looking GlassDouglas Gorden

Dead PanSteve McQueen