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Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach
Contributor(s): Westgeest, Helen (Author)
ISBN: 1118475445     ISBN-13: 9781118475447
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $139.89  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 777
LCCN: 2015004067
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 224 pages
 
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Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life.

  • A critical investigation of the visual media and selected video artworks which contributes to the understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art
  • The only study specifically devoted to theorizing the medium of video from the perspective of prominent characteristics which result from how video works deal with time, space, representation, and narrative
  • The text has emerged out of the author's own lectures and seminars on video art
  • Offers a comparative approach which students find especially useful, offering new perspectives