Illuminating Video: An Essential Guide to Video Art

“Illuminating Video” is an anthology that includes 25 essays and 12 artist’s projects covering a variety of topics and perspectives on video art. It is divided into five major sections: the history of video art; its contexts; accessibility or audience reception; the syntax of video; and narrative. Hall and Fifer’s introduction describes the book as an attempt to address the complexities of the art form. Notes on contributors. Videography and video index; name and subject index. Bibliography 21 p. Circa 450 bibl. ref.