# Video Art [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_art) ( 1965–present ) ## Description Early video art and alternative media, including [[Larry Cuba]]'s computer animation work and video art archives — the emergence of video (and early computer animation) as an artist's medium distinct from broadcast television and film, pioneered by artists such as [[Nam June Paik]]. ## Key Tags #video-art #early-video ## Essential Works - Horsfield, Kate, et al., dirs. *Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the U.S.* Video Data Bank, 2008. - Survey documentary/anthology of the first decade of American video art - iotaCenter, dir. *3/78 (Objects and Transformations) (1978) by Larry Cuba*. 2022. [https://vimeo.com/719688071](https://vimeo.com/719688071) - Early computer-animated film by [[Larry Cuba]] - "Early Video Art." Video Data Bank. [https://www.vdb.org/early/video/art](https://www.vdb.org/early/video/art) - Distributor/archive of foundational video art ## Details ### Key Theorists %% none yet %% ### Exemplary Practitioners - [[Larry Cuba]] - early computer-animation pioneer; works *3/78 (Objects and Transformations)* and *Two Space* archived by iotaCenter, alongside excerpts of *Calculated Movements* - [[Nam June Paik]] - foundational video artist covered in [[Expanded Cinema]]'s "Television as a Creative Medium" section ### Related Concepts - [[Visual Music]] - early computer animation (Cuba) crosses over directly with the visual-music tradition - [[Repetition and Seriality]] - feedback and loop structures in early video synthesis parallel filmic seriality ### Creative and Technical Practices %% none yet %% ### Associated Movements or Institutions - Video Data Bank - Chicago-based nonprofit distributor and archive of video art since 1976 - Light Cone - Paris-based distributor, promoter, and preserver of experimental cinema ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography iotaCenter, dir. *3/78 (Objects and Transformations) (1978) by Larry Cuba*. 2022. PT00H05M32S. [https://vimeo.com/719688071](https://vimeo.com/719688071). iotaCenter, dir. *Two Space (1979) by Larry Cuba*. 2022. PT00H07M51S. [https://vimeo.com/719688684](https://vimeo.com/719688684). larrystephencuba, dir. *Calculated Movements by Larry Cuba (Excerpt)*. 2007. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0MXZ-T4Js](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0MXZ-T4Js). ### Secondary Sources Bibliography "(18) Calculated Movements." YouTube. May 2, 2025. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcvN1dt0yJo&ab_channel=evltube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcvN1dt0yJo&ab_channel=evltube). "Early Video Art." Video Data Bank. May 2, 2025. [https://www.vdb.org/early/video/art](https://www.vdb.org/early/video/art). Horsfield, Kate, Art Institute of Chicago, Electronic Arts Intermix, and Bay Area Video Coalition, dirs. *Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the U.S.* Video Data Bank, 2008. "Light Cone - Distributing, Promoting and Preserving Experimental Cinema. SCRATCH COLLECTION #4: SOWING TROUBLE." Accessed September 25, 2025. [https://lightcone.org/en](https://lightcone.org/en).