A new medium in art

Origins, hypotheses, theories and discourses

Authors

  • Pedro Ortuño Mengual Universidad de Murcia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/revhuman.v20.4941

Keywords:

New Media, Video arte, Feedback, Video Instalación, Connected Bodies, Art and self-representation, Identity

Abstract

The video was considered by Gene Youngblood (1979) as a new medium of artistic creation, whose codes will open new perspectives to the moving image giving it its own aesthetic entity. Various theories related to communication and art by authors such as Wiener, Benjamin, Brecht, McLuhan, Burris are analyzed. Likewise, he studies pioneering works and the use of the feedback loop as a element between the emitter and the receiver. Wipe Cycle (1969) by Frank Gillette and Ira Schneider and Time Delay Room (1974) by Dan Graham will show us the keys to understanding the inner workings of a new medium that had just been born.

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Published

2023-03-08

How to Cite

Ortuño Mengual, P. (2023). A new medium in art: Origins, hypotheses, theories and discourses. HUMAN REVIEW. International Humanities Review Revista Internacional De Humanidades, 20(2), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.37467/revhuman.v20.4941

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Section

Research Articles (Special Issue)