Critical Writing Index

Television, Outmoded Technologies, and the Work of Lana Lin

by Maeve Connolly

Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ), 2013, v. 2, no. 2, pp. 283-289

Maeve Connolly brings a new perspective on television in the course of art history through a consideration of three video works by Lana Lin. Connoly argues that Lin's work doesn't frame television as an outmoded medium like other work does, but responds to its multifaceted temporality. Thus, television becomes a viable cultural object that is not only tied to the past but also bound up to the future.

ITEM 2013.160 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Local TV News Analysis – Simon Denny

Joan Does Dynasty – Dara Birnbaum and Dan Graham

Stranger Baby – Joan Braderman

Mysterial Power – Lana Lin

Taiwan Video Club – Lana Lin

19.30 – Lana Lin

Haukka-Pala – Alexkandra Damanovic

Pop Pop Video II: Kojak-Wang – Laura Horelli

Laura Horelli

George Barber

Johan Grimonprez