Video - The Reflexive Medium

Series Foreword vii Introduction: The Audiovisual Medium 1(18) Video, a Technology, a Medium 19(52) Media-theoretical Considerations 24(12) The Visualization Debate 36(10) Preconditions of the Technology and the Apparatus 46(11) Matrix Phenomena 57(14) The Reflexive Medium 71(60) Experimental Phase 75(6) Guerilla Television 81(1) Artistic Video 82(7) Excursus on the Relationship of Film, Video, and Computer 89(12) Experimental Video 101(11) Video Cultures 112(19) Video Aesthetics 131(94) Apparatus, Self-Reflexion, and Performance: Vito Acconci and Dennis Oppenheim 137(8) Picture, Reproduction, Media Images: Ulrike Rosenbach, Joan Jonas, and Valie Export 145(8) Video/TV: Nam June Paik and Dara Birnbaum 153(6) Video, Photo, and Film: Klaus vom Bruch and Peter Campus 159(7) Structural Video: Michael Langoth, Les Levine, Jean-Francois Guiton, Richard Serra, and Dieter Kiessling 166(7) Musicalization in Video: Robert Cahen 173(4) Layering and Condensing: Peter Callas 177(4) Video Scratching: Martin Arnold and Raphael Montanez Ortiz 181(4) Video Void: David Larcher 185(4) Micro/Macro Dimensions: Nan Hoover 189(2) Picture, Text, Voice, and Writing: Gary Hill 191(6) Video and Computers: Steina and Woody Vasulka 197(15) Video and Virtual Environment: Lynn Hershman 212(4) Video, Poetics, and Hypermedia: Bill Seaman 216(4) Video Installation: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Chantal Akerman, and Gillian Wearing 220(5) Outlook: Complexity and Interactivity 225(2) Illustrations 227(72) Notes 299(40) Bibliography 339(12) List of Illustrations 351(4) Index 355