RE: FLUXLIST: What is Video Art?

[Allan Revich]

Labels can be helpful as shorthand descriptions for things. But labels can also be misleading, constraining, and confusing.   If you can view a thing on a screen or monitor, then it could be “video art”.   If a person who calls herself an artist states the thing she made is “video art”, then it could be video art.   If a person who collects video art acquires a thing that he considers to be video art, then it could be video art.   Nam June Paik was an artist who made extensive use of video media in his work, so much of his work could be described as video art.   Matthew Barney is an artist who makes use of video, and Cremaster 3 exists in video format, so it could be video art.   The question, “what is art” can not be definitively answered, so the question that you have asked can also not be definitively answered. Just keep looking, listening, and learning!     Allan         From: owner-FLUXLIST@scribble.com [mailto:owner-FLUXLIST@scribble.com] On Behalf Of Vai Becker Jason Steve Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:30 AM To: fluxlist@scribble.com Subject: FLUXLIST: What is Video Art?   Hello everybody, I've recently bought Matthew Barney's DVD "Cremaster 3" and saw many reviews claims that it's "video art". I know that Nam June Paik is always associated with this term and sometimes called "Father of Video Art", Some of  Paiks' works are in strict film form (i.e. Zen Film) and some of them are like installation art (i.e. TV Garden, TV Cello), does both count as video art?   I'm quite confused with this term after looking up on Wikipedia, can anyone kindly introduce me this form of art?   Thanks!   Ryan _______________________________________ YM - �x����息 就算你�]有上�W，你的朋友仍可以留下��息�o你，��你上�W�r就能立即看到，任何�f��都�幼呤А� http://messenger.yahoo.com.hk