100 VIDEO ART
BRINGING THE SCREEN TO THE ART GALLERY
Video art is a genre that came into being in the late 1960s, when consumer portable video cameras were first manufactured. The form is distinguished from film and television by its lack of adherence to traditional expectations of entertainment and diversion. A work of video art may very well not have plot, actors, discernible action, or coordinated sound. It may not even show recognizable imagery at all, or it may deliberately distort or otherwise mutilate the imagery. Early video artists were interested in challenging the viewer’s assumptions about what might be presentable on a television screen as well as exploring the expressive possibilities available outside the conventions of commercial ...
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