Article response

From the article it is important to understand what makes video so different from other art forms. The idea of time and space and medium are different. Once an artist is finished a work like a painting or sculpture it is complete. But with video time and space play a huge role. There were examples of videos that described works were the technique of mirror reflection was used. For example, in “Now” one work was created then playing back that video and recorded a new one with that footage in the background plays with this concept of time because “Now” gives the illusion that both are happening simultaneously. In the article it calls such action “squeezing out real space”.

Overall, this article was hard to fully understand but once we could actually see the video footage the ideas were easier to understand. The article also explained the relationship between the camera, the viewer, and the artist. For example, in “Centers” he used the video monitor as a mirror. Using these elements brought up role of psychology in video that had not occurred to me before. It talks about this relationship as the body being between two machines the camera and the monitor and the production of instant feedback all which played a part in the examples of effecting the viewer’s perception of what’s real time.