It all began with the Portapak

"Video installation and video sculpture have now emerged as the most fertile forms of video art. Artists have released the image from a single screen and embedded it within an environment that extends in both time and space. . . ."
Barbara London, Introduction to Video Spaces: Eight Installations

Judith Barry / Brad Miskell
HardCell. 1994

Stan Douglas
Evening. 1994

Teiji Furuhashi
Lovers. 1994

Gary Hill
Inasmuch as It Is Always Already Taking Place. 1990

Chris Marker
Silent Movie. 1994-95

Marcel Odenbach
Eine Faust in der Tasche Machen (Make a Fist in the Pocket). 1994

Tony Oursler
System for Dramatic Feedback. 1994

Bill Viola
Slowly Turning Narrative. 1992

"For many people video is the quintessential 'new' art; consequently, there is a tendency to look at it with the slightly patronizing gaze reserved for the forever young. However . . ."
Samuel Delany, "High Involvement," Video Spaces: Eight Installations

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