Video and Installation Art

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. master the video camera or the phone camera; 2. make short videos; 3. edit videos; 4. present short video frames; 5. relate videos with installations; 6. engage the pragmatics of installation art; and 7. engage video installations and art.

The course is a combination of theory and practice. It evaluates the two primary varieties: single-channel and installation that characterize video art, i.e., single-channel works, where a video is screened, projected, or shown as a single series of images, and installations which comprise either an environment made up of several distinct pieces of video screened simultaneously, or a combination of video with assemblage, or performance art and the multimedia fashion for combining architecture, design, sculpture, electronic and digital art. The course also considers using the Internet and computer art to manipulate photographic and film imagery. The course also engages installation art and its unique configuration of large-scale, mixed-media constructions, which are often site-specific and temporary while exploring the conceptual use of space and its flexible tri-dimensionality. Its contemporary history within the multimedia frame is also brought into context. Two term papers that come in the format of a review paper are encouraged. Assignments consider the potentials and explorative potentials of the video in multimedia manipulations. Assignments are self-directed but approved for exploration and execution. All assignments digitized form part of a student’s portfolio.