Origins of Video Art response

The author focuses his discussion on the relationship between video technology and video art form over time. A change in video technology’s availability made video art possible; it went from being a technology primarily available to large broadcast corporations to an accessible, affordable product that artists and regular consumers began to take advantage of. He also discusses the development of video art in relation to advancements in technology, explaining how the technological transformations have impacted visual culture and contemporary art. Developments in video art depend mainly on improvements in its technology, which sets it apart from many other art forms such as painting and sculpture, for which technology is not such an important factor in determining art form. I thought it was interesting that he pointed out the ephemerality of video art, due to the inevitable obsolescence of old formats to make way for the new, and how this quality was attractive to many artists who thought its transience made a kind of political and artistic statement. This is another characteristic that sets it apart from other art forms.  

Video technology is becoming increasingly advanced, portable, and accessible. With cell phone video cameras and apps like Vine, the tools for creating video art are available to everyone and easy to use wherever you go. 

This is a compilation of creative Vines made using stop-motion technique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30fdg_A7m8E