Video art is a type of
artistic representation of video and/or audio data. It is not to be confused with film
or theatrical movies. Originating in the 1960s or 1970s, the term derives from the use
of video tape (such as VHS) in documentary-style recording. Actors, dialogue and plot
are not necessarily present. According to one source,
Video art is often said to have begun when Nam
June Paik used his new Sony Portapak to shoot footage of Pope Paul VI's procession
through New York City in the autumn of 1965. That same day, across town in a Greenwich
Village cafe, Paik played the tapes and video art was
born.
Andy Warhol is also
credited with being an early participant. Other examples of usage include "low-tech
tricks," such as combining two video signals to create a "distorted and radically
dissonant image." The use of multiple monitor screens was also an early example. Today,
there are two recognized varieties of video art: Single-channel and
installation.
Single-channel works are
much closer to the conventional idea of television: a video is screened, projected or
shown as a single image, Installation works involve either an
environment, several distinct pieces of video presented separately, or any combination
of video with traditional media such as sculpture. Installation video is the most common
form of video art today.
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