Video Art Theory

A Comparative Approach

• Author(s): Helen Westgeest,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 1118475488
  ISBN_13: 9781118475485
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Popular Culture , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life.

• A critical investigation of the visual media and selected video artworks which contributes to the understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art
• The only study specifically devoted to theorizing the medium of video from the perspective of prominent characteristics which result from how video works deal with time, space, representation, and narrative
• The text has emerged out of the author’s own lectures and seminars on video art
• Offers a comparative approach which students find especially useful, offering new perspectives