Wideo w sztukach wizualnych
Video in the Visual Arts

Contributor(s): Ryszard W. Kluszczyński (Editor), Tomasz Załuski (Editor)
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: video; video art; white cube; black box; patriarchy; improvisation; performance; infermental
Summary/Abstract: Video is among the youngest media formats currently used as a means of artistic expression. At the same time, it has become one of its most important paradigms, influencing the contemporary image of art to the greatest extent. In its history – lasting more than half a century – video has undergone substantial evolution, morphing from an instrumentation of creative experiments in the electronic medium and radical political interference into a new sphere of cultural activity, a contemporary field of creative transmedia, comprehensively present in current social practices. Video in the Visual Arts offers a reflection on this evolution and on the variable relations between the medium and different artistic concepts which create the image of visual arts today. The authors put forward theoretical considerations defining the scope and forms of video found in art, and analyse its historical manifestations. The texts contain analyses of communicative and cultural aspects of video, of metamorphoses it has undergone in its lifetime, of its variegated sets of aesthetics, contents and circulation, but also of its relations to different art disciplines. A broad overview of video as a means of expression has been provided throughout the book.

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