VIDEO/ART/ THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS

Since the introduction of portable consumer electronics nearly a half century ago, artists throughout the world have adapted their l atest technologies to art-making. In this book, curator Barbara London traces the history of video art as it transformed into the br oader field of media art - from analog to digital, small TV monitors to wall-scale projections, and clunky hardware to user-friendly software. In doing so, she reveals how video evolved from fringe status to be seen as one of the foremost art forms of today.