Homework Notes - Monday February 17

Video Art by Sylvia Martin

• Video art truly emerged in the 1960's
• Video is an instant turned into hours in front of a computer watching, editing, and re-watching
• 1983 saw the introduction of the camcorder 
• 1997 saw the digital camera
• Since the introduction of the digital camera the field of video art has been in constant evolution
• There is an ever growing and varied number of ideas about what video art should be about, with ideas ranging from the human body, action art to the mundane. 
• Video art is not entirely about the video itself and often is just a part in a much larger plan or idea. 
• Video art is unique in the way that it can be combined with so many other different forms of art.
• Unlike other art forms however, video art is an explicitly time based medium. 
• Early v.a. was often recorded in real time, where as new technology emerged editing and splicing of video became more common place.