Video Installation Art - Notes

• Video art isn't just about the video, the way it is shown is just as important as what is shown
• The term installation implies a number of things, it could mean that the original installation is one of a kind, never to be separated from it's point of origin, yet often this is not the case in video art.
• Installations require the artist to vacate their piece and allow the viewer to "perform" the piece
• Video art can be linked to the shift in art towards "liveness"  in the 60s
• Installation pieces often are less about the plain visuals of the piece and more about the experience as well as the physical nature of the installation
• two types of installation:
• viewer "enters" piece
• viewer stays in real world
• Pieces can be displayed wither as 2d or "3d"
• neither has a distinct advantage to it but each has their own implications
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