Critical Writing Index

Video as Art

by Eric Cameron

Video Circuits: An Exhibition of Videotape as Art, 1974, pp. 2-11

Guelph: S.N., 1974

Cameron discusses the relationship between video art and performance art, asking whether a video of a performance piece constitutes video art (or even art at all). He briefly discusses several artists who blur the boundaries between video and performance art practices.

ITEM 1974.005 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

T.V. Bra for Living Sculpture – Nam June Paik

Golden Voyage – Woody Vasulka

Land Art – Gerry Schum

Sound Barriers – Vito Acconci

Centers – Vito Acconci

Tape Removal – Pat Kelly

Catch – Pat Kelly

Length 4 – Gerald Ferguson

Standard Corpus – Gerald Ferguson

Thigh Waves – Richard Jarden

Double Vision – Peter Campus

Peter Campus

Three Transitions – Peter Campus

Interface – Bruce Nauman

Live Taped Video Corridor – Dan Graham

T.V. Camera/Monitor Performance – Harold Pearse

133 Days in Halifax – Albert McNamara

Smile – Colin Campbell

Smile – Colin Campbell

Sackville I'm Yours – Colin Campbell

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