Film, Video, and New Media at the Art Institute of Chicago: With the Donna and Howard Stone Gift

by Lisa B. Dorin

Book Overview

During the past four decades, the accessibility of videotape, along with that of 8- and 16-millimeter film, has revolutionized artistic production, and moving-image technologies ranging from the filmic to the digital have attained mainstream status. This exciting publication, the first devoted exclusively to the Art Institute's expanding collection of film and video, records the emergence of a new medium and captures the quickly evolving state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300146906
• ISBN13: 9780300146905
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Belongs in any community library art collection

New technology simply means new mediums for artists to express themselves. "Film, Video, New Media" is a collection of art focusing on film, video, and new media, and how artists from countless walks of life have used these mediums to express themselves much in the same way a sculptor or a painter would. Art is not necessarily something bound by rules! Each entry consists of a photo of the work in question, a small biography of the artist, and an explanation of the artwork. A must for any who appreciates the role of art in the modern world, "Film, Video, New Media" belongs in any community library art collection.