video art

American  

noun

1. an art form involving the creative exploitation of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a television screen.

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Other Word Forms

• video artist noun

Etymology

Origin of video art

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

“Early video art was about the problems with the media that we are still having today: the notions of truth,” Jenkins said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

At Syracuse’s Everson Museum of Art, director James Harithas, a supporter of all things artistically novel, hired David Ross as the museum world’s first curator of video art.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2024

Perhaps you’d prefer to start with photography and leave some room for video art?

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Many of CTL’s clients are museums looking to restore works by a single artist, the video art pioneer Nam June Paik, who died in 2006.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2023

The same applies to photography, video art, theater, dance, minimalist music, and the architecture of deconstruction.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai