21 Jan Video/ Art
The First Fifty Years
Since the introduction of portable consumer electronics nearly a half century ago, artists throughout the world have adapted their latest technologies to art-making. In this book, curator Barbara London, founder of MoMA’s video program, traces the history of video art as it transformed into the broader field of media art – from analog to digital, small TV monitors to wall-scale projections, and clunky hardware to user-friendly software. By looking at the medium’s first 50 years she reveals how video evolved from fringe status to be seen as one of the foremost art forms of today.