Critical Writing Index

Video Art: The First Fifty Years

by Barbara London

New York: Phaidon, 2020

ISBN 978 0 7148 7759 4

"The story of video art, from its beginnings in the late 1960s through its continuing transformation in the twenty-first century. Author and curator Barbara London founded the video exhibition and collections programs at New York's Museum of Modern Art." (Taken from back cover.)

Told from the perspective of the author's interactions with artists and her curation of exhibitions at the MoMA, the book includes short personal biographies of early video art practitioners Nam June Paik, Vito Acconci, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Peter Campus, Joan Jonas, Laurie Anderson, Bill Viola, Gary Hill, Dana Birnbaum, George Kuchar, Tony Oursler, Pipilotti Rist, Cheryl Donegan, Kristin Lucas, Miranda July, Thierry Kuntzel, Teiji Furuhashi, Julia Scher, Grahame Weinbren, Perry Hoberman, Ericka Beckman, Jim Campbell, Jeffrey Shaw, Masaki Fujihata, Cory Arcangel, John Simon, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Xu Bing, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Yang Fudong, Shirin Neshat, Nalini Malani, Pierre Huyghe, Lisa Reihana, Didem Pekün, Ragnar Kjartansson, Jana Winderen, Lu Yang, Sondra Perry, Ian Cheng, Kahlil Joseph, Wong Ping, and Rachel Rossin.

ITEM 2020.014 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Global GrooveNam June Paik

Global GrooveJohn Godfrey

Theme SongVito Acconci

AenPeter Campus

Organic Honey's Vertical RollJoan Jonas

Vertical RollJoan Jonas

TwilightJoan Jonas

MirageJoan Jonas

Handphone TableLaurie Anderson

O SupermanLaurie Anderson

The Space Between the TeethBill Viola

He Weeps for YouBill Viola

Room for St. John of the CrossBill Viola

SoundingsGary Hill

Inasmuch As It Is Always Already Taking PlaceGary Hill

MirroringDana Birnbaum

Technology/Transformation: Wonder WomanDana Birnbaum

Kiss the GirlsDana Birnbaum

Life of PhillisTony Oursler

System for Dramatic FeedbackTony Oursler

PickelpornoPipilotti Rist

Ever Is Over AllPipilotti Rist

Jeanne Dielman, 2, quai du Commerce, 1080 BruxellesChantal Akerman

HeadCheryl Donegan

HostKristin Lucas

Nest of TensMiranda July

Hiver (La Mort de Robert Walser) (Winter [The Death of Robert Walser])Thierry Kuntzel

Silent MovieChris Marker

Slowly Turning NarrativeBill Viola

HardcellJudith Barry

HardcellBrad Miskell

Eine Faust in der Tasche machen (Make a Fist in the Pocket)Marcel Odenbach

EveningStan Douglas

LoversTeiji Furuhashi

Security by Julia VIJulia Scher

The Erl KingRoberta Friedman

The Erl KingGrahame Weinbren

Cathartic User Interface (CUI)Perry Hoberman

HiatusEricka Beckman

Memory/RecollectionJim Campbell

Legible CityJeffrey Shaw

Legible CityDirk Groeneveld

Every IconJohn Simon

33 Questions Per MinuteRafael Lozano-Hemmer

Book from the GroundXu Bing

Our Second DateJennifer McCoy

Our Second DateKevin McCoy

TurbulentShirin Neshat

GamepiecesNalini Malani

(Untitled) Human MaskPierre Huyghe

UUmweltPierre Huyghe

In Pursuit of Venus [Infected]Lisa Reihana

Of Dice and MenDidem Pekün

The VisitorsRagnar Kjartansson

UltrafieldJana Winderen

Lineage for a Multiple-Monitor WorkstationSondra Perry

EmissaryIan Cheng

Until the Quiet ComesKahlil Joseph

Fly PaperKahlil Joseph

BLKNWSKahlil Joseph

Wong Ping's Fables 1Wong Ping

Dear, can I give you a hand?Wong Ping

Stalking the TraceRachel Rossin