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OverviewThis anthology explores the pioneering period of the British video art form that has become a hallmark of contemporary art. Drawing on interviews, ephemera, archived tapes, and installations from the period, Rewind brings together leading scholars in the field to lay the groundwork for a history of the people, activities, institutions, and interventions that made video art the one true avant-garde genre in 20th-century Great Britain. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sean Cubitt , Stephen PartridgePublisher: John Libbey & Co Imprint: John Libbey & Co Ltd Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.021kg ISBN: 9780861967063ISBN 10: 0861967062 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 October 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword/Artists' video is blessed and cursed by its technology Brian Winston Introduction: Sean Cubitt and Stephen Partridge Chapter 1. Video: Resisting Definition, Jackie Hatfield Chapter 2. Video as an Art: Looking into the Rewind Archive through the Philosophical Aesthetics of Richard Wollheim, Grahame Weinbren Chapter 3. Video between Television and Art: Interventions into ProgrammeFlow and Standard Formats by British Video Artists, Yvonne Spielmann Chapter 4. Artists' Television: Interruptions-Interventions, Stephen Partridge Chapter 5. Decay Behind a Glass Monitor: The Prophetic Deterioration of Early Video Installation, Emile Shemilt Chapter 6. Liveness, Performance and the Permanent Frame, Mike Leggett Chapter 7. Vide Verso: Video's Critical Corpus, Malcolm Dickson Chapter 8. On the Reinvention of Video in the 1980s, Sean Cubitt Chapter 9. A Brief History of Video - Time and Base, Adam Lockhart End Note About the Contributors Bibliography IndexReviews"""This is an important title on its subject, presenting new information and critical analysis, and would be of interest to most libraries with collections in the fields of art history (contemporary art, British art), film and media history, and conservation studies."" -Art Libraries Society of North America ""The informal collections excavated and archived by REWIND present a much needed history of British practices... in addition to the value produced around the standalone artwork and independent artist."" -Screen" This is an important title on its subject, presenting new information and critical analysis, and would be of interest to most libraries with collections in the fields of art history (contemporary art, British art), film and media history, and conservation studies. -Art Libraries Society of North America The informal collections excavated and archived by REWIND present a much needed history of British practices... in addition to the value produced around the standalone artwork and independent artist. -Screen Author InformationSean Cubitt is Director of Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne. Stephen Partridge is Professor of Media Art at the University of Dundee. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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