The origin of video form of art

The origin of video form of art

The origin of video form of art is a factor of technology as through the various advancements in technology the processes of making, projecting as well as editing or processing of artistic videos have been facilitated. Meigh-Andrews ascertains this by stating that “The development of video as a medium of communication has been and remains heavily dependent on technology and the activity of artists’ video is inevitably as dependent on the same technological advances” (6). Through this technology, equipment usage has improved in terms of reliability, compactness, and availability. The production cost, in particular, has significantly reduced due to these technological advancements. Through advancements in technology in fields such as television broadcasting, computer hardware and software as well as mobile phones in conjunction with the aspects of thermal imaging and magnetic resonance imaging, the video art has remarkably developed. This technology, like any other aspect, has also had some negative effects on video art precisely in the historical analysis due to the issues of modernism in fine art discourse.

Looking at the history of video art, Nam June Paik takes much of credit due to his introduction of the Sony Portapak in 1967. In addition, the formation of video art in the United States can be attributed to its opposition to commercial television and the intertextual practice of fine art between the 1950s and 1960s (Meigh-Andrews 12). The music-electronic television played a major role in the growth of video rt even beyond the United States’ frontiers. This is because it is undoubtedly the origin of the present-day televisions as a medium for art. Paik should be regarded as the father of video art due to esteemed contributions into video art in addressing the relationship between TV and video as well as pioneering the potential of video as a form of art in the United States through the approaches of installation, broadcasting, gallery screenings and essentially funding video art in the United States.