Critical Writing Index

Moving Images Stay in the Dark

by Laura Cumming

Guardian Unlimited: Arts Blog, Jan. 10, 2007

The author laments the fact that contemporary art institutions such as the MoMA, the ICA, and FACT typically feature little or no video art on their websites. Despite the popularity of sites such as YouTube, the author concludes that the video art that makes it into museums and festivals is "almost always seen by art world individuals on DVD on their office computers".

ITEM 2007.043 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

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