Critical Writing Index

Five Video Artists

by Larry Qualls

Performing Arts Journal, 1996, v. 18, no. 3, pp. 1-13

The author details the work of Krzysztof Wodiczko, Diana Thater, Jocelyn Taylor, Janet Biggs and Dawn Dedeaux but mentions many others. He discusses two directions of video art. One direction focuses on the technology and another on conveying political and social messages.

ITEM 1996.018 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Alien Staff – Krzysztof Wodiczko

China – Diana Thater

Real Sex – Jocelyn Taylor

Janet Biggs

Super Convergence: January 27 1991 – Dawn Dedeaux

Information Highway – Nam Paik June

Nude Descending a Staircase – Shigeko Kubota

Laser Candle – Nam Paik June

Mary Lucier

Oppenheimer's Chair – Meridel Rubenstein

Juan Downey

Tribes Powwow – Gerald McMaster

Tony Oursler

Carter Kustera – Theodora Skipitares

Rachel Rosenthal

Porte-Parole – Krzystof Wodiczko

Skip Arnold

Bruce Yonemoto

Norman Yonemoto

Raymond Pettibon

Mike Kelly

Paul McCarthy

Tony Orsler

Chris Wilder

Perspective Is An Energy – Diana Thater

Amanda Riding Diplomaat – Janet Biggs

Alien at Rest – Jocelyn Taylor

Scott Burton

Vito Acconci

Carolee Schneemann

Mathew Barney

Chris Burden

Free to Kill Series – Dawn Dedeaux

The Face of God, In Search Of – Dawn Dedeaux

Eating Porkchop – Dawn Dedeaux

Drive-By Shooting – Dawn Dedeaux

Soul Shadows: Urban Warrior Myths – Dawn Dedeaux

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew – Dawn Dedeaux