Module Descriptors
INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO ART
FINA40067
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Ian Brown
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • CWK - A&D weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Video production facilities
Computing facilities
Data projector
Library
Module Texts
40yearsvideoart.de. Ostfildern, Germany, Hatje Cantz. (2006)
Corner, S. (2008). Film and video art. New York, NY, Abrams.
Electronic Arts Intermix (Organization) and L. Zippay (1991). Artists' video : an international guide. New York, Cross River Press.
Elwes, C. and University of the Arts London. (2005). Video art : a guided tour. London ; New York
London, New York, I.B. Tauris ; In Association with University of the Arts ; In the United States of America and in Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan.
Fifer, S. J. and D. Hall (1990). Illuminating video : an essential guide to video art. New York, N.Y., Aperture in association with the Bay Area Video Coalition.
Gianelli, I., M. Beccaria, et al. (2005). Video art : the Castello Di Rivoli collection. Milan, Skira Editore.
Keane, S. (2007). Cine tech : film, convergence, and new media. New York, NY, Palgrave Macmillan.
Knight, J. and Arts Council of England. (1996). Diverse practices : a critical reader on British video art. Luton, John Libbey Media, Faculty of Humanities, University of Luton.
Meredieu, F. d. (2005). Digital and video art. Edinburgh, Chambers.
Rush, M. and M. Rush (2005). New media in art. London, Thames & Hudson.
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures
Research
Individual tutorials
Group tutorials
Module Indicative Content
This module provides an introduction to video as an established art form with a focus on video based projections in an exhibition context. Project-based assignments allow students to examine contemporary arts production and theoretical frameworks in the context of appropriate critical discourses. Video as Art is of particular contemporary relevance because video has become the most widely distributed form of art production. This module integrates theoretical and practical elements within its structure and assumes that contemporary artists need to understand the historical, cultural and embodied implications of art technology. The module covers a wide range of issues and ideas relevant to specific and subtle conditions that video art may evoke as well as the wider signification of video in cultural and global contexts.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Support materials such as research notebooks and journal [Learning Outcomes 1, 3]
The final piece of work on DVD, VHS or Mini DV tape. [Learning Outcomes 2, 3]
A compiled DVD, VHS or Mini DV of other work. [Learning Outcomes 2, 3]
A statement about the work [Learning Outcomes 1, 3]