A History of Video Art

Chris Meigh-Andrews is Reader in Electronic & Digital Art at the University of Central Lancashire. A practising artist specialising in electronic & digital media, he has been exhibiting internationally for almost 30 years.

PART 1. THE ORIGINS OF VIDEO ART: THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT. 1. In The Beginning: The Origins of Video Art. 2. Crossing Boundaries: International Tendencies and Influences in Early Artists' Video. 3. Technology, Access and Context: Social and Political Activists and Their Role in the Development of Video Art. 4. Expanded Cinema: The Influence and Relationship of Experimental, Avant-Garde and "Underground" Film. 5. Musique Concrete, Fluxus and Tape Loops: The Influence of Sound Recording and Experimental Music. 6. Theory and Practice: The Impact of Theoretical ideas on Early Technology Based Practice. 7. Beyond the Lens: Abstract Video Imagery and Image Processing. PART 2: SOME REPRESENTATIVE AND INFLUENTIAL VIDEO ART WORKS AND THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL AND CRITICAL CONTEXT. 8. In and Out of the Studio: The Advent of Inexpensive Non-Broadcast Video. 9. Cutting It: Accessible Video Editing. 10. Mixing it: Electronic/Digital Image Manipulation. 11. The Gallery Opens its Doors: Video Installation and Projection. PART 3: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTS' VIDEO AND INSTALLATION IN RESPONSE TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND ACCESSIBILITY 12. Fields, Lines & Frames: Video as an Electronic Medium. 13. The Means of Production: Feminism, Race, Gender, Technology and Access. 14. Off the Wall: Video Sculpture and Installation. 15. Going Digital: The Emergence of Digital Video Processing and Effects. 16. The End of Video Art? PART 4. REFERENCES