{"product_id":"video-art-theory-a-comparative-approach-paperback-softback-9781118475461","title":"Video Art Theory; A Comparative Approach (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118475461","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVideo Art Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Comparative Approach\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHelen Westgeest (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118475461, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 May 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eVideo Art Theory: A Comparative Approach\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA critical investigation of the visual media and selected video artworks which contributes to the understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe text has emerged out of the author’s own lectures and seminars on video art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a comparative approach which students find especially useful, offering new perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Immediacy versus Memory: Video Art in Relation to Television, Performance Art, and Home Video 20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGillian Wearing's Trauma (2000) Juxtaposed to Joan Jonas's Vertical Roll (1972) 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Art Dealing with the Constant Movements of Audio-Visual Electronic Media, and the Immediacy and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Television 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Appeal of Immediacy: Video in Performance Art and Performance in Video Art 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Application of the Mnemonic Ability of Video and the Relationship with Activist-Videos and Home Video 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Immateriality versus Three-Dimensionality: Video Art as Sculpture, Installation Art, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eProjection, and Virtual Medium 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLynn Hershman's Tillie the Telerobotic Doll (1995) Juxtaposed to Andy Warhol's Outer and Inner Space\u003cbr\u003e(1965) 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTelevision as an Object: Sculpture or Part of Architecture 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial Video Installations and the Relationship with the Space of the Visitor 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProjections on Spatial Positioned Screens, the Space of Sound, and Interaction with the Visitor 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmaterial Projections Interfering in Darkened Sites and Immersing the Viewer 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInteracting in the Merged Physical and Digital Space 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Moving Images Mediating as Contemplative Images: Video's Challenge of Photography, Drawing, and Painting 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKudzanai Chiurai's Iyeza (2012) Juxtaposed to Thierry Kuntzel's E´te´ – double vue (1988) 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Art and Photography 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Art and Drawing 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Art and Painting 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Repetition and Fragmentation in Narrative: Video's Appropriation and Subversion of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassical Cinema 164\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandice Breitz's Mother + Father (2005) Juxtaposed to Rodney Graham's Vexation Island (1997) and Keren Cytter's Corrections (2013) 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAspects of Narrative in Video Art Reacting to Hollywood Films, and Views on Compulsive Repetition 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tension between Images and Verbal Language as Dialog, Voice-over, Voice-off, or Text 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Lieu of a Conclusion 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 199\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; 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