This reading is giving us some of the historical progression and background of the concept of video art. Video art is not limited to one specific style or even one specific nation of origin. Anyone with a video camera, sound recording equipment and some basic knowledge of editing (or even without this knowledge) can create some form of video art. The definition of video art is any type of art which relies upon moving pictures and comprises some sort of video and audio data (but the audio data is not necessary).
One does not need to look far to get an idea of the scale and widespread nature of video art - just by taking a look at some of today's modern music videos. The huge range of styles, techniques, and editing types. We have music videos that include silent pauses that are reminiscent of the silent films of many decades ago - it is the job of the video maker to use simple images to convey and carry on the story while the music stops. We have cases were the music videos are shot with a lot of soft focus to create dreamy, airy effects and ones where there is excessive depth of field to create the illusion of bigger spaces and express different atmosphere.
Today with such different and widespread availability of a whole variety of camera and recording equipment it is very easy for even the most basic filmmaker or "artist" to experiment and create
something special with minimal effort and just a little imagination.
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