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Video - (Leonardo) by Yvonne Spielmann (Paperback)

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  • An argument that video is not merely an intermediate stage between analog and digital but a medium in its own right; traces the theoretical genealogy of video and examines the different concepts of video seen in works by Vito Acconci, Ulrike Rosenbach, Steina and Woody Vasulka, and others.Video is an electronic medium, dependent on the transfer of electronic signals.
  • About the Author: Yvonne Spielmann is Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore.
  • 384 Pages
  • Art, Digital
  • Series Name: Leonardo

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An argument that video is not merely an intermediate stage between analog and digital but a medium in its own right; traces the theoretical genealogy of video and examines the different concepts of video seen in works by Vito Acconci, Ulrike Rosenbach, Steina and Woody Vasulka, and others.



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An argument that video is not merely an intermediate stage between analog and digital but a medium in its own right; traces the theoretical genealogy of video and examines the different concepts of video seen in works by Vito Acconci, Ulrike Rosenbach, Steina and Woody Vasulka, and others.

Video is an electronic medium, dependent on the transfer of electronic signals. Video signals are in constant movement, circulating between camera and monitor. This process of simultaneous production and reproduction makes video the most reflexive of media, distinct from both photography and film (in which the image or a sequence of images is central). Because it is processual and not bound to recording and the appearance of a "frame," video shares properties with the computer. In this book, Yvonne Spielmann argues that video is not merely an intermediate stage between analog and digital but a medium in its own right. Video has metamorphosed from technology to medium, with a set of aesthetic languages that are specific to it, and current critical debates on new media still need to recognize this. Spielmann considers video as "transformation imagery," acknowledging the centrality in video of the transitions between images--and the fact that these transitions are explicitly reflected in new processes. After situating video in a genealogical model that demonstrates both its continuities and discontinuities with other media, Spielmann considers three strands of video praxis--documentary, experimental art, and experimental image-making (which is concerned primarily with signal processing). She then discusses selected works by such artists as Vito Acconci, Ulrike Rosenbach, Joan Jonas, Nam June Paik, Peter Campus, Dara Birnbaum, Nan Hoover, Lynn Hershman, Gary Hill, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Bill Seaman, and others. These works serve to demonstrate the spectrum of possibilities in video as medium and point to connections with other forms of media. Finally, Spielmann discusses the potential of interactivity, complexity, and hybridization in the future of video as a medium.



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"Available for the first time in translation, Yvonne Spielmann's "Video: The Reflexive Medium" provides us with a keen parsing of the specificities of video as a medium. Tracing its emergent genealogy as a distinctly audiovisual medium, Spielmann provides a comprehensive catalog of video's aesthetic evolution from its early intermedial accords with television and performance to its more recent interactions with computers and networked digital media. As the media-specific distinctions between cinematic, televisual, and computer-based media have been eroded beyond recognition, "Video: The Reflexive Medium" provides a much-needed account of video's medial specificities and intermedial dependencies."--Anne Friedberg, Professor and Chair of Critical Studies, School of Cinematic Arts, USC, and author of "The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft"

"Spielmann's "Video: The Reflexive Medium" is a highly significant, well-researched, and discursive addition to the canon. It is illuminating on both the technological and aesthetical issues, as well as giving primary insights into the artist makers themselves."--Stephen Partridge, Dean of Research, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee

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About the Author



Yvonne Spielmann is Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore. She is the author of Video: The Reflexive Medium (MIT Press, 2007), which won the Lewis Mumford award in 2009.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.78 Inches (H) x 6.8 Inches (W) x .68 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.21 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Leonardo
Sub-Genre: Digital
Genre: Art
Number of Pages: 384
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Yvonne Spielmann
Language: English
Street Date: August 13, 2010
TCIN: 93780554
UPC: 9780262515177
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-5646
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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