What is Video Art? Top 20 Artists & Examples

foreign ERS and subscribers welcome to a new video discussing video art film and video and everything that comes with it offer artists new possibilities for formal and conceptual experimentation over half a century ago audio visual media were truly discovered by Art and they took the art World by storm but what is video art and who are the most important artists welcome to video art explains video art is an art form that emerged in the late 1950s and 1960s in which the medium is based on audio visual technology in the form of film sculpture installation video installation using often multiple screams and immersive or experiential Arts right from the start a video and film had a strong connection with art experimental film and oven guard Cinema explored non-conventional film thus artistic film at the start of the 20th century decades before video Arts think of data artists like Francis picabia Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray creating data films exploring non-narrative film and abstraction as the tocubus painter fernology with his famous ballet mechanic in 1924 or the surrealists who were also strongly invested in creating artistic films think of Salvador Dali's iconic and share on the loop from 1929 so why was video art only a thing in the art world since the mid-20th century in the early days of film video was very inaccessible and very expensive to use however as television sets and also recording material became more accessible at the half of the 20th Century audiovisual Media was made affordable for everyday consumers instead of exclusively the corporate broadcasting centers and this didn't go by unnoticed by artists as a result we are pleased to present you the top 20 most famous video artists as always we have used the artifacts algorithm the home of the artist ranking as we highly recommend you to give it a look after watching this video so without further Ado let's dive into the top 20 of the most famous video artists today we opened the debate with Natasha Sadir hagigyan born in 1957 in Tehran Iran and currently working and residing in Berlin hanging Yan is a contemporary artist whose work is grounded in connectivity authorship and various mechanisms of the Contemporary Arts worlds her artistic practice is twofold first and foremost she completes in-depth research about a specific case study or projects secondly she develops it into large-scale installations and combined it with performances Publications and online interventions in her work Southern hanging Yaman covers and bears witness to systematic Injustice which can be obscured by the workings of Institutions and the economic system Attila was born in 1959 in hem and Lina of Finland where she continues to work and resides similarly to the work of Sadir hagiyan ayalisa tiller deconstructs the formalist system of filmmaking where she focuses on film genres and operation modes of the film World her installations have a cinematic quality that interweaves realists and surreal narratives besides her formalist Explorations artilla's Works revolve around themes of human existence and its emotional and behavioral patterns artilla's art aims to give the viewer the possibility to make sense of their own life from various simultaneously evolving narratives next we have Sharon Hayes who was born in 1970 in Baltimore and currently resides and works in Philadelphia Hayes works with video performance and installation as her primary media her artistic practice is an activist one which is engaged in political and social issues in her video Works Hayes frequently engages with feminist and queer communities to explore the relationship between language history and power Sharon Hayes frequently chooses public space as a starting point for her video works she participates in protests demonstrations and political speeches Hayes performatives a term selected by the artist herself are a series of interventions in those public spaces State Londo who was born in 1969 in Jerusalem Israel and currently works and resides in Tel Aviv Orlando uses the medium of video to express criticism or concern on social aspects the Dead Sea and its water acts as a source of inspiration where Alondo submerges objects almost symbolically due to the geographical location of her videos her work is characterized by vibrant Aesthetics next to representing The Human Condition in her Works she shows the actual figure of a human body frequently that of her own as her subject her video works predominantly reference her home country Israel and the ongoing political division with Palestine her multimedia Works act as a connecting bridge between two usually conflicted sides East and West the past and the future the private and the collective Edith was born in 1960 in IPR Belgium and currently resides in Works between Berlin and Belgium the Kent is a visual artist working with video sculpture installation drawing and sound she is interested in physical phenomena and ephemeral incidents her artistic practice explores light time and space engagement with sensual perceptions gives her art a conceptual and material depth edit again observes everyday objects as they undergo a process of transformation her investigations connect organic elements or natural phenomena for instance reactions of water and air within the physical exhibition context of her artworks the kind pairs physical sights where her video works are recorded with chemical phenomena to capture the behavior of everyday materials her closer look at those daily processes draws attention to the working dynamics of human perception what do we notice but more importantly what escapes our attention Adrian Pachi was born in 1969 in Chicago Albania and currently works and resides in Milan Italy but she is a visual artist working with video performance drawing and sculpture he decided to leave his home country in 1997 due to the outbreak of the Albanian Civil War as a result he frequently returns to the feeling of forced migration The Nostalgia is evokes or the loss of personal identity it generates frequently uses his own body emphasizing the messages conveyed of geographical separation and loss in his Works banchi discusses his own experiences yet it is in this subjectivity that the public can find connections to their own lives by returning to these memories of times lived in Albania Apache explores the role of an artist and art in times of crisis Arthur Jaffa was born in 1960 in Mississippi and currently works and resides in La Java is a contemporary artist filmmaker and cinematographer before devoting himself to video art he was internationally recognized as a filmmaker in his artistic practice Artur Jaffa refers to Universal and personal articulations of black identity original and found footage functions as a visual trademark by juxtaposing archival and contemporary material he opens the symbolic possibilities of an image Oliver wrestler was born in 1970 in knitterfeld Austria and currently works and resides in Vienna wrestler uses visual art to raise awareness and as a form of resistance he predominantly works with video and installation where he explores topics of democracy immigration economics and the climate crisis his Works shed light on the failures of government policies frequently juxtaposed with activists movements that protest against them Oliver wrestler Blends art and activism as he strongly Advocates a sustainable approach to his artistic practice and the mechanisms of the art worlds Bushra kalili was born in 1975 in Casablanca Morocco and currently resides and works between Berlin Germany and Oslo Norway khalili works with film video installation photography printmaking and other publishing media she combines documentary Cinema which examines the Imperial and Colonial systems of the past their influences on forced migration politics of memory and international solidarity her videos discuss the personal stories of people from the Middle East and North Africa traveling to Europe khalili's Arts centers on those individual stories from which she uncovers a historical and geopolitical context of a region in this form she focuses on the cell representation of an individual and the autonomous agency of society Bill Viola was born in 1951 in New York and resides and works in Long Beach California hailed as the Rembrandt of the video age Viola is known not only for his large-scale works but also for their beautifully crafted scenery throughout his career Viola Masters aspects of light and time in video Technologies such as time lapses slow motion and reversals his interventions in the pace of the depicted narrative give his Works a symbolic meaning which refers to birth Life Death Or renewal Stan Douglas was born in 1960 in Vancouver Canada and currently works and resides between Vancouver and La Douglas's work interweaves authentic events with fictional narratives in his artistic practice he uses Innovative Technologies such as mobile apps virtual reality simulations live Cinema or theatrical Productions diverse themes in his Works allow the public to look critically at the media and how they shape our understanding of reality for his investigations into cultural and Collective memory Stan Douglas uses pop cultural sources and historical events although the viewer can frequently recognize the references the video's plot does not allow to predict the ending candiesbrights was born in 1972 in Johannesburg South Africa and currently works and resides between Cape Town and Berlin bright is a video artist and photographer and in her work she reflects on the impact of mainstream media and the stability of human identity both her video art and photography investigates the way a community be it a family or nationality to which one belongs defines who we become in life bright focuses on human identity and in doing so she maximizes the visibility of the unequal representation of the black community a topic with a strong connection to her home country her videos often feature Hollywood actors the celebrities represent Global recognition of their identity and also their projected value in life next we have Christian yankovski who was born in 1968 in Gooding Germany and currently resides and works between New York and Berlin yankovsky is a fine art photographer video artist and installation artist with the performative Approach at the center of his multi-disciplinary practice his error consists of an engaging mix of fictional stories jankowski's video art aims to reflect or critique contemporary society and the art worlds his practice often discusses the relationship between authorship and creative originality Peter Weibel who was born in 1944 in Odessa Ukraine and currently works and resides between Vienna Austria and karlsruv Germany weible is supposed conceptual artist curator and New Media theoretician he is well known for contributing to three avant-garde art movements brought an exciting 1960s encompassing visual poetry Viennese film formalism and Vienna actions alongside the likes of Valley experts Ernst Schmidt Jr and Hans shugel Weibel paved the way for the development of immersive exhibitions often referred to as expanded Cinema these contributions were a natural result of weibel's ongoing Explorations in video technology incorporating text sculpture and installation who was born in 1957 in New York where the artist continues to work and resides as a multimedia artist predominantly occupied with installation and video similarly to Peter Weibel ursler as a pivotal figure in the field of New Media Arts since the 1970s he has been preoccupied with expanding the two-dimensionality of video art into a three-dimensional moving image environment since then Tony utzler has explored the medium-specific boundaries of video technology inspired by pop cultural phenomena think of social media and mysticism conspiracy theories or narrative Evolution the American Artist often incorporates a human face that is distorted and fragmented into pieces as a result he manipulates the expression of the face evoking an intriguing similarity between technological interventions and their effects on human social behavior was born in 1962 in grab Switzerland and currently resides and works in Zurich wrist is seen as one of the pioneers of experimental video art and multimedia installations she began her artistic career with single Channel videos and then progressed into large-scale immersive and audio-visual installations wrist's approach to New Media Arts is characterized by kaleidoscopic projections which change the exhibition space into a vibrant environment she frequently explores the relationship between nature technology and the human body in her works the rest video works often rely on scenarios that seduce the viewer into subversive messages about human vulnerability pleasure and womanhoods Lynn Hersman Leeson born in 1948 in Cleveland Ohio and working and residing between San Francisco and New York as a multimedia artist who works with film video and painting gained worldwide recognition for her video art based on an in-depth research on the relationship between human Science and Technology was one of the first artists to start investigating the figure of the cyborg a half natural half technological creature it is clear to say Lee sun stands at the Forefront of artists who investigated questions of gender identity politics and selfhoods Douglas Gordon who was born in 1966 in Glasgow Scotland and currently works and resides between Berlin New York and Glasgow as a multimedia artist whose Work encomposites video film installation sculpture photography and text his work investigates dichotomies such as good versus evil or black versus white in addition to exploring the Dynamics between opposites Gordon's work shifts from themes such as recognition repetition time and memory 24-hour cycle is one of the most famous works made by Douglas Gordon the work is a take on the 1960s movie by Alfred Hitchcock only now its running time is stretched to 24 hours [Music] next we have Christian Markley who was born in 1955 in California and currently works and resides in London marketing is a multimedia artist who fuses Fine Art and audio work Frankel Gallery describes Markley's work since 1979 as a performance with phonograph records and turntables to create his unique theater of found sound as inspired by Marcel Duchamp is best known for transforming sounds and music into visible physical installations as he gained worldwide recognition with his 2010 installation the clock here marclay edited television and film images of thousands of clocks in one video in which all Clocks Were arranged to show the actual time and we conclude with none other than Francis Alis born in 1959 in Antwerp Belgium and currently resides and works in Mexico City Francis Alis is an interdisciplinary artist occupied to a video photography and various participatory actions in his work at least depicts a range of geopolitical topics with a poetic quality to them each visual artwork is engaged in a different geographical region where he works with the local community the artist describes his practice as a sort of discursive argument composed of episodes metaphors or parables Ali's examines personal connections to their culture land or nature yet his approach is very sensitive to the community and the place he is working with please let us know in the comments who you would add to this top 20. me personally I would definitely add namjoon Pike and wolf volstul and I'm very curious to hear which illustrious names you have in store for us thank you so much for tuning in today feel free to watch our video on the top 10 self-taught artists next support us on patreon and please consider subscribing to stay posted for more Contemporary Arts bye [Music] foreign

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Length: 19min 12sec (1152 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 05 2023