Talk:List of video artists

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If they're notable, why are the links red?
 * Justin Costanzo
 * Paul Pfeiffer
 * Pipilotti Rist
 * Heronimo Sehmi


 * Pipilotti Rist has a page. She's pretty important in the contemporary art world. As for the red links? Maybe people who have listed them should start a page. Perhaps there should be some sort of time limit on how long a red link remains on a page like this. Freshacconci 19:46, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I removed a bunch of red links, including Lisa Steele who I had added (I plan on creating a page for her--she's an important Canadian video artist). Freshacconci 19:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I just removed a student who has just graduated - they were not a notable video artist! The list, while having a number of important artists - 95% I would say - is seriously marred by a number of unnotable people who have added themselves for self-promotional purposes. EZMoney

Andy Warhol + Video
Warhol's on this list, and he had worked on one video project in the 60s that I'm aware of "Outer and Inner Space." I haven't seen it but it has been restored. If anyone has seen it, it would make a good addition to the Warhol article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Freshacconci (talk • contribs) 17:21, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

Warhol was a film-maker more than a video artist - he is not known for his video. Casn you name any significant video titles by him? EZ Money

not video artists
Martin Arnold, Matthew Barney and Gillian Wearing, among others, are NOT video artists213.78.35.65 23:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC)S


 * All three work in video--it may not be their main medium, but it still counts. Freshacconci 22:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

They are definitely video artists - video is central to their practices. EZ Money

Although the above posts go back some years, the issue is still not without interest. With the coming of the digital age the distinction between film and video seems harder to draw. Add to that that most of the work that we see, whether we call it film or video, is now projected. Analog monitors, once ubiquitous, are rarely seen today. But back in the analog era filmmakers worked in film stock and video artists worked in analog video tape, and each side defended, sometimes heatedly, the unique features of their respective media. Today, however, nearly everyone works in digital. That's not to say that there aren't filmmakers who still work in film stock, but the ease of shooting and editing, with no need for chemical processing in between (features that historic video had and film did not), works in favor of digital production and post. So, where is video art in all of this?

There are still video artists who began back in the reel-to-reel era, graduated to cassettes in the late 70s and 80s, and who now continue their work in digital. They are senior citizens now and they are certainly entitled to call themselves video artists. So are those younger artists who began their work in the pre-digital age and adopted the video art mindset as it existed at that time. But now video artists and filmmakers use the same tools. So that particular distinction is void. What other distinctions are there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Earlyvideoartmaven (talk • contribs) 20:19, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Recent adds
Laura Parnes has shown at the Whitney Biennial, P.S.1, and MoMA; Guy Richards Smit has shown at MoMA.