Video Art A Guided Tour
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Video Art
Video Art
A Guided Tour
CATHERINE ELWES
WITH A FOREWORD BY
SHIRIN NESHAT
in association with
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Contents
List of Illustrations vi
Foreword by Shirin Neshat ix
Acknowledgements xi
1. Introduction: From the Margins to the Mainstream 1
2. The Modernist Inheritance:
Tampering with the T
echnology, and Other Interferences 21
3. Disrupting the Content: Feminism 37
4. Masculinities: Class, Gay and Racial Equality 59
5. Language: Its Deconstruction and the UK Scene 76
6. Television Spoofs and Scratch: Parody and Other forms of Sincere Flattery 96
7. Video Art on Television 117
8. Video Sculpture 141
9. The 1990s and the New Millennium 158
Notes 194
Bibliogr
aphy
205
Index and Videography 208
Illustrations
Cover: Mick Hartney, State of Division (1979), videotape. Courtesy of the artist.
1. David Hall, This is a Television Receiver (1976). Commissioned by
BBC TV as the unannounced opening piece for their Ar
ena video art
progr
amme, first transmitted 10 March 1976. Courtesy of the artist. 32
2. Steina Vasulka, Violin Power: The Performance (1992 to present),
video performance. Courtes
y of the artist. 34
3. Lisa Steele, The Ballad of Dan Peoples (1976), videotape. Courtesy
of the artist and Vtape, T
oronto. 44
4. Katharine Meynell, Hannah’s Song (1986), with Hannah Kates Morgan,
videotape. Courtesy of the artist. 46
5. Vera Frenkel as one of several narrators in her video The Last Screening
Room: A Valentine (1984, r.t. 44 minutes). Courtesy of the artist and
V
t
ape, Toronto. 56
6. Keith Piper, The Nation’s Finest (1990), videotape. Courtesy of the artist. 60
7. Cerith Wyn Evans, Kim Wilde Auditions (1996), videotape. Courtesy
of the artist. 63
8. Colin Campbell, videotape fr
om the series Woman from Malibu (1976).
Courtesy of Vtape
, Toronto. 65
9. Stuart Marshall, Over Our Dead Bodies (1991), television programme
commissioned by Channel 4. Produced by Rebecca Dodds and Maya
Vi
sion Productions. 67
10. Michael Curran, Amami se vuoi (1994), videotape. Courtesy of the
artist and David Curtis at the British Artists’ Film and Video Study
Collection, Univ
ersity of the Arts, London. 68
11. Mick Hartney, State of Division (1979), videotape. Courtesy of the artist. 70
12. Steve Hawley, We have fun Drawing Conclusions (1981), videotape.
Courtesy of the artist. 7
1
13. David Critchley, Pieces I Never Did (1979), videotape. Courtesy of the artist. 85
14. Catherine Elwes, Kensington Gore (1981), videotape. Courtesy of the author. 86
15. William Wegman, (Selected Works – Reel 3) Deodorant Commercial
(1972), videotape. Courtes
y of the artist and Electronic Arts Intermix
(EAI), New Y
ork. 100
16. Stan Douglas, I’m not Gary (1991), videotape from the series
Monodramas
. Courtesy of the artist. 103
17. Ian Bourn, Sick as a Dog (1989), videotape described by the artist as:
The opening shot (Terry with the stadium as back
drop) and the shot
of Terry at his lo
west point (i.e. worrying about the “legitimate” life of
earning money in order to pay it back in taxes).’ Courtesy of the artist. 104
18. Dara Birnbaum, Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman
(1978–1979), videotape. Courtes
y of the artist and Electronic Arts
Intermix (EAI), New Y
ork. 108
19. Gorilla Tapes, The Commander in Chief from Death Valley Days (1984),
videotape. Courtes
y of Jonathan Dovey. 111
20. Bill Viola, The Reflecting Pool (1980), videotape. Courtesy of the artist. 127
21. Graham Young, Accidents in the Home no. 17: Gas Fires (1984).
Courtesy of the artist and LUX, London. 133
22.
Nam June Paik, Family of Robot: Mother and Father (1986), video
sculpture
, 80 x 61.5 x 21 inches. Photographer: Cal Kowal. Courtesy
of the artist and Carl Solwa
y Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. 144
23. Chris Meigh-Andrews, Eau d’Artifice (1991), video installation.
Courtesy of the artist. 149
24.
Ann-Sofi Siden, Warte Mal! (2002). Courtesy of the artist and the
Hayw
ard Gallery, London. 156
25. Pipilotti Rist, I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much (1996), still of single-
channel videotape, 5’
. Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich,
London and Luhring Augustine
, New York. 165
26. Harrison and Wood, Six Boxes (1997), videotape. Courtesy of the
artists and the UK/Canadian Film and Video Exchange
. 167
27. Mark Lewis, Peeping Tom (2000), 35mm film (looped), transferred
to DVD. Courtes
y of the artist. 169
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28. Shirin Neshat, Tooba (2002). Courtesy of the artist and Barbara
Gladstone Gallery, New York. 176
29. Zacharias Kunuk, Nunavut (Our Land) (1994–1995), videotape.
© Igloolik Isuma Productions
. 178
30. Portrait of Annie Sprinkle, from the cover of Sluts and Goddesses, Video
Workshop (1994). A
rt Director: Leslie Barany. Photographer: Amy Ardrey.
Courtesy of Annie Sprinkle. 182
31. Gillian Wearing, 2 into 1 (1997), video broadcast on Channel 4.
Courtesy of Interim Art, London. 186
32.
Stephanie Smith and Edward Stewart, Mouth to Mouth (1996),
videotape. Courtes
y of the artists. 187
33. Tom Sherman, SUB/EXTROS (2001), videotape, 5 min. 30 sec.
Music: Bernhard Loibner
. Courtesy of the artist. 190