Video Series from 40 years of German Video Art

Thu 28 Jun 2012, 3.30 pm
DOCLAB

From DOCLAB:

Video Art Video cordially invites you to the first screening of video series form 40 years of German Video Art. Video art emerged in the 60s in the U.S. and Germany and has become one of the most influential genres of art of the 20th Century. Technical systems have developed further, changed or even disappeared: the former TV screen has given way to the computer monitor, video cassettes to software programs and hard drives.

The biggest challenge of video art is its own mortality, due to the short life of the electronic media. Thus, the survival of video art is dependent on a never-ending process of adaptation to new technological standards. 40jahrevideokunst.de, an initiative of the Federal Cultural Foundation, has therefore taken on the task of the rescue, care and dissemination of video art. Five important museums in Germany have joined forces to realize this project, under the direction of Karlsruhe ZKM (Center for Art and Media Technology). Here video art works are professionally archived, digitized, and protected from disappearing.

Video pieces:

1. Sun in your head (1963) by Wolf Vostell
2. Land art (1969) by Gerry Schum
3. Life – Death (1969/2004) by Katharina Sieverding
4. Filz TV (1970) by Joseph Beuys

The screening is non-profit and aims for studies and research only.

Free Entrance!

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