An Art of Temporality
Film and Video Art, 2009, pp. 66-85
Christopher Eamon, a New York-based independent curator and writer, explores the ways in which different art forms (painting, performance, music), along with the previous artistic movements of the early 20th century (Fluxus, Surrealism, Minimalist Art, Structuralism), influenced the development of video art. He argues that the unique temporal character of these works has made a crucial aesthetic contribution to the development of video art; hence, designated the art of video as art of temporality.
ITEM 2009.114 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Autumn Rhythm – Hans Namuth
The Legacy of Jackson Pollock – Allan Kaprow
"Hand Movie" (1966), "Line" (1969), – Simone Forti
Kiss the Girls: Make Them Cry (1999), Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978) – Yvonne Rainer
Black Room Cycle, Television De-Collage – Dara Birnbaum
Opera Sextronique, Exposition of Music - Electronic Television – Wolf Vostell
Judson Dance Theatre – Nam June Paik
At Land – Anna Halprin
Vertical Roll – Meredith Monk
Wavelength – Maya Deren
Touch Cinema, Hearing Sound/Seeing Sound, Adjunct Dislocations – Jonas Mekas
Flaming Creatures, Normal Love – Michael Snow
Uncovering a Sculpture, Span, Walk with Contrapposto (1968) – VALIE EXPORT
Centers (1971), Face Off (1972), Double Vision(1971),, Interface (1972), Vertical Roll (1972) – Jack Smith
He Weeps for You (1974) – Merce Cunningham
Sunrise to Sunset, Roll, Helix Spiral, Opposing Mirrors and Video Monitors with Time Delay – Bruce Nauman
Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, Kiss the Girls – William Allan
Hole in the Wall, Electronic Music: Improvisations, Soundings – Vito Acconci
"4'33"', "Theatre Piece No. 1" – Bill Viola
Prune Flat, Shower, Bathroom Sink – Dan Graham
Sleep, Hair Cut, Blow Job, Empire, Outer and Inner Space, Portrait of Ethel's Skull Thirty-Six Times – Dara Birnbaum
Hurlements en Faveur de Sade (Howls in Favor of Sade) – Gary Hill
Hand Catching Lead – John Cage
Composition for 2 Musicians, Siberian Symphony, Ist movement – Robert Whitman
Dick Higgins
Mary Caroline Richards
Robert Rauschenberg
David Tudor
Andy Warhol
George Brecht
George Maciunas
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Guy Debord
Jackson Pollock
Joan Jonas
Richard Serra
Joseph Beuys