video art

Moving image medium

Video art is art made with video technology, typically displayed in galleries or museums rather than broadcast.

Unlike film or television, it often abandons narrative for experimentation with the medium itself—loops, multiple screens, distortion, or real-time manipulation.

The form emerged in the 1960s when portable video equipment became available to artists: The installation featured video art on twelve monitors arranged in a grid.

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