A History of Video Art

Chris Meigh-Andrews is Professor of Electronic & Digital Art and Director of the Electronic and Digital Art Unit at the University of Central Lancashire. He studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths and has a PhD from the Royal College of Art. A practising artist specialising in electronic & digital media, he has been exhibiting his videotapes, projections and installations internationally since 1978. His most recently completed work, The Monument Project (2009-2011) which produces a continuously updated time-lapse panoramic view from the top of the Monument in the City of London was commissioned by Julian Harrap Architects. In 2010 Meigh-Andrews was awarded a Diawa Foundation grant to research early artists’ video in Japan.

Preface to the 2nd edition

Part 1. The Origins of Video Art: The Historical and Cultural Context

Chapter 1. In The Beginning: The Origins of Video Art
Chapter 2. Crossing Boundaries: International Tendencies and Influences in Early Artists’ Video
Chapter 3. Technology, Access and Context: Social and Political Activists and Their Role in the Development of Video Art
Chapter 4. Expanded Cinema: The Influence of Experimental, Avant-Garde and “Underground” Film
Chapter 5. Musique Concrete, Fluxus and Tape Loops: The Influence of Sound Recording and Experimental Music on Artists’ Video
Chapter 6. Theory and Practice: The Impact of Theoretical Ideas on Early Technology-Based Practice in the 1970s
Chapter 7. Beyond the Lens: Abstract Video Imagery and Image Processing

Part 2: A Discussion of Some Representative and Influential Video Art Works Set in Relation to Their Technological and Critical Context

Chapter 8. In and Out of the Studio: The Advent of Inexpensive Non-Broadcast Video
Chapter 9. Cutting It: Accessible Video Editing
Chapter 10. Mixing it: Electronic/Digital Image Manipulation
Chapter 11. The Gallery Opens its Doors: Video Installation and Projection
Chapter 12. The Ubiquity of the Video Image: Artists’ Video as an International Phenomenon

Part 3: The Development of Artists’ Video and Installation in Response to Technological Change and Accessibility

Chapter 13. Fields, Lines & Frames: Video as an Electronic Medium
Chapter 14. The Means of Production: Feminism, Race, Gender, Technology and Access
Chapter 15. Off the Wall: Video Sculpture and Installation
Chapter 16. Going Digital: The Emergence of Digital Video Editing, Processing and Effects
Chapter 17.Video Art in the New Millennium: New Developments in Artists’ Video since 2000

Part 4. References

• Technical Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index