A History of Video Art: The Development of Form and Function - Hardcover

Meigh-Andrews, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184520218X ISBN 13: 9781845202187

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2006

Synopsis

Video Art is a critical introduction and guide to artists' video in both Europe and North America. It covers the period from the early 1960s -- when video art first appeared as a distinctive medium -- into the 1990s, when digital technology merged video's distinctive practice with that of independent film-making and photography. This artistic history is also a technological and a cultural history that sets its analysis of artistic practice firmly within the context of both the development of electronic imaging technology and the changing political and social climate. Richly illustrated, Video Art is essential reading for anyone interested in art history and contemporary art practice.

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About the Author

Chris Meigh-Andrews is Reader in Electronic Digital Art at the University of Central Lancashire. As a practising artist specialising in electronic digital media, he has been exhibiting internationally for almost 30 years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 184520218X
• ISBN 13: 9781845202187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320