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video art

American  

noun

  1. an art form involving the creative exploitation of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a television screen.


Other Word Forms

  • video artist noun

Etymology

Origin of video art

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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“What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem” runs six weeks through March 20 and spans more than 120 years of moving images, from early silent cinema to contemporary video art.

From Los Angeles Times

For aficionados of video art, “What a Wonderful World” is an overdue foray into the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

Widely regarded as a masterpiece of video art, its driving, syncopated track pulses over media appropriated from music videos, news footage and pop culture to form a seductive montage of Black cultural achievement, scenes of brutality and vernacular pictures.

From Los Angeles Times

“One of our inspirations was very early experimental video art, stuff people made with a Sandin Image Processor, stuff that was only possible because people in the ‘60s and ‘70s decided they were going to engineer circuits to make visual images,” says video designer Sue Slagle.

From Los Angeles Times

Expect quantum physics and oil paint, AI and video art, climate change and sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times