More of a watchlist for myself, so don't expect this to be definitive or complete or pure or anything like that. Gonna really skirt a definition of "video" in this list so I can include some other interesting stuff (computer graphics, art that can work just as well in the "black box" as the "white cube", et al.).
That being said, I'm also only going to include the two most famous works from each video artist so the list doesn't drown in the sheer amount of Albert Serra, Lillian Schwartz, etc. So, if you're looking for more, just click on a film, click on the director's name, and go wild. (Went a little light on early Japanese art since this…
More of a watchlist for myself, so don't expect this to be definitive or complete or pure or anything like that. Gonna really skirt a definition of "video" in this list so I can include some other interesting stuff (computer graphics, art that can work just as well in the "black box" as the "white cube", et al.).
That being said, I'm also only going to include the two most famous works from each video artist so the list doesn't drown in the sheer amount of Albert Serra, Lillian Schwartz, etc. So, if you're looking for more, just click on a film, click on the director's name, and go wild. (Went a little light on early Japanese art since this list exists.)
So, why collect all of this in one list? I find that "experimental" and "avant-garde" films are pretty well catalogued on this site (check out this and this). But video art, since it takes performance and conceptual art rather than film history as its influence, remains under-represented. Even the Paik stuff only has a handful of views here! So, I hope this list will curb some interest in the direction of performance, conceptual, and video art as well as expand the definition of what the moving image can be.
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Here are some good references for learning more:
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Resources
Video Data Bank, basically the Criterion Collection of this stuff
Plenty of good stuff on UbuWeb
A more definitive watchlist
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Books
Chris Meigh-Andrews's A History of Video Art: simply the best. I got most of the titles here from this book.
Whitechapel interview series for "Moving Image" has a lot of good insight into these artists' motivations / inspirations.
A lot of good words on more contemporary works in Gabrielle Jennings's collection
Haven't delved too far into this, but it seems very promising: a history of the relationship between movie theaters and museums re: the moving image, Between the Black Box and the White Cube.
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Let me know if I'm missing anyone major; I'm still learning as well.
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Not on tmbd (if they're added, let me know with a link below):
Pinch Neck - dir. Bruce Nauman, 1968
Endless Sandwich - dir. Peter Weibel, 1969
Double Vision - dir. Peter Campus, 1971
I Am Making Art - dir. John Baldessari, 1971
Facing a Family - dir. Valie Export, 1971
The Blue Tapes - dir. Kathy Acker & Alan Sondheim, 1972
Three Transitions - dir. Peter Campus, 1973
Performer/Audience/Mirror - dir. Dan Graham, 1975
My Father - dir. Shigeko Kubota, 1973-75
AAA AAA - dir. Marina Abramovic & Ulay, 1978
Flute with Shift - dir. Peer Bode, 1979
The Other: Rest Energy - dir. Marina Abramovic & Ulay, 1980
Processual Video - dir. Gary Hill, 1980
Bad Girls - dir. Colin Campbell, 1980
Black Ixchell Candle Ixchell - dir. Ana Mendieta, 1981
Sonne stadt Reagan - dir. Joseph Beuys, 1982
Talking Tongues - dir. Lisa Steele, 1982
Video from Russia: The People Speak - dir. Dimitri Devyatkin, 1984
The Couple in the Cage: Guatianaui Odyssey - dir. Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia, 1993
Method in Madness - dir. Sam Taylor-Wood, 1998
The Quintet of the Astonished - dir. Bill Viola, 2000
Still Life - dir. Sam Taylor-Wood, 2001
Scenes from an Endless War - dir. Norman Cowie, 2001-2
When Faith Moves Mountains - dir. Francis Alÿs, 2002
Seven Intellectuals In Bamboo Forest - dir. Yang Fudong, 2003
Not - dir. Angela Dufresne, 2007
Desniansky Raion - dir. Cyprien Gaillard, 2007
Water in Milk Exists - dir. Lawrence Weiner, 2008
Whispering Pines - dir. Shana Moulten, 2009
Paganini's 5th Caprice - dir. Cory Arcangel, 2011
Solopsist - dir. Andrew Thomas Huang, 2012
Depositions - dir. Luke Fowler, 2014
