Slavko Kacunko Closed Circuit Video Installations A Contribution to ...

Slavko Kacunko
Closed Circuit Video Installations
A Contribution to the History and Theory of Media Art
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. The history of media art: state and competence of research
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January 2004
2. Positioning of current project: visual criticism and cultural criticism
3. Structure and contents
MEDIA ART:
CATEGORY DEFINITIONS
1. “Installation”
2. “Performance”
3. “Input”/”Output”
4. “Feedback”
5. “Immediacy”
6. “Interface”
7. “Interaction”
8. General terminological pairings
a) “Art” and “Medium”
Excursus: “Simulation” and “Metaphor”
b) “Representation” and “Presentation”
c) “Analogue” and “Digital”
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II. CLOSED CIRCUIT VIDEO INSTALLATION
A GEO-HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Towards a Definition: an overview
Suggestion for a Definition
On Structure and Groupings
1. The first decade (1966 – 1976)
a) United States of America
Introduction
Disparate beginnings: Levine, E.A.T., Kaprow
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The first performances by body-art and performance artists in California: Nauman,
Sonnier, Acconci, Jonas, Sharp
“Video artists” and collectives in and around New York: Paik, Ryan, Gillette,
Schneider, Kraynik, “Raindance“, “Videofreex“, “People’s Video Theater, Cort, Carter,
“Electron Movers“
The “forgotten” women: S. Clarke, “TP Videospace Troupe“, Milano, Volkes, W.
Clarke, “Red, White, Yellow, and Black“, Lucier
Two indicative “case studies” : Ono, Inastasi
Individual contributions: Campus, Byrne, Robbett, Conrad, Davis, Graham, Krueger,
Viola, Froese, S. Vasulka
Canada: Snow, Goldberg, Chartier, “Pulsar Group“, Heyden, “General Idea“, White
Latin Americans: Downey, Minujin, Lublin, “Grupo dos Treze“/“cayc“, Benedit,
Glusberg, Zabala, «Frontera»
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) Europe
France: Polieri, Raysse, Forest
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Belgium and the Netherlands : Nyst, Ben, Vandeloise, Pineau, Boezem, Schweizer,
Lizène, Heyrman (Dr. Hugo), “Video Heads“
Austria and Germany: Weibel, EXPORT, Kriesche, Skerbisch, Schilling, Bechtold,
Pezold, Vostell, Kahlen, Gerz, Groh, Breloh, Böhmler, Ortlieb, Rosenbach
Switzerland, Italy and Spain: Otth, Minkoff, Olesen, Bauermeister, Franco Angeli,
Franco Vaccari, J. & O. D. Benet, Muntadas, Torres
Great Britain: Hopkins/TVX Group, Breakwell, Barnard, Da. Hall, Leggett, Hoey,
Partridge, Hiller, Lijn
Scandinavia: Sørensen, Sjolander/Wikstrom
Eastern Europe: Bruszewski, Kwiek, Mikolajczyk, Wasko, Robakowski, Trbuljak,
Ivekovic, Martinis
c) The Pacific (Japan): Yamaguchi, Nakaya, Kawanaka, “Video Hiroba“,
Tezuka/“Video Information Center”, Yamamoto, Iimura
2. The second decade (1977 – 1989)
a) United States of America
On the Art of Telecommunication: the pioneers: Bartlett, Sonnier, Bear, Scarritt,
Tambellini, “Communicationsphere Group”, Galloway & Rabinowitz, Schneider,
Yakult
On the Observation of Observation: between private and public space: Froese, Beirne,
Watts/Behrman/Diamond, Muntadas, D´Agostino, Lowenberg, Hock, Scher, Sobell
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Models of Reality and their Media Equivalents: Fried, Barry, Labat, Paik, Robbins,
Lucier, Davidovich, Birnbaum, Graham, Schwartz, Sanborn, Royston, Hill, Torres,
Feingold, Emshwiller, Sweeney
Game Concepts and Learning Processes: W. Clarke, Veeder, Burson, Tannenbaum
Canada: on the generational shift: Snow, Cameron, Harding, Poier, Watt, Smith,
Rokeby
Latin America: “Some More Beginnings” and the Brazilian Breakthough: Dias,
Geiger, Parente, Silveira, Plaza, Aguilar, Garcia, Ramiro, Krotoszynski, Sukorski,
Rejane Augusto, Laurentiz, Fadon Vicente, Kac, Matuck, Donasci, Franca
b) Europe
France : Forest, Ikam, Jaffrenou, Chevalier
Belgium : Ruptz, Lennep, Charlier, «Cirques Divers» (Develay, Minh, Orlan,
Boushira, Miller, Snow, Sobell, Muntadas, Downsbrough, Nyst, Lechantre, Bijl,
Dewale, Muyle, Nussbaum, Azelte, Allart, Wiese, Keen, Wasko, Herguera, (Tribout),
Bigot, Matthijs, Francis, De Jaeger, Kerckhoven
Netherlands : Hooykaas, Cárdenas, Hoover, Goulart, Vos, Van Stiphout, Spinhoven
Austria : Constructions of Reality, Collation of Data and Telecommunication:
Weibel, Kriesche, Adrian, Mark, Tanterl, Ruprechter, Schnell
Germany: the generational shift: Vostell, Kahlen, Geißler/“VAM“, Römer/“NTV“,
Gerz, Bernhardt, Odenbach, Hammann, Frenzel, Hutt, Klein, Klessinger, Hörl,
Kubisch, Kracke, Günther, Kolb, Golf, Kiessling
A Stroll through the Rest of Western Europe: Switzerland, Portugal, Great Britain,
Spain, Denmark: Minkoff, Olesen, Otth, Vogel, Hahn, Megert, Vieira, Pujol, Jerez,
Keane, Soeborg, “Golden Boys“, Schmidt-Olsen
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Eastern Europe: on the painful journey out of isolation: Todosijevic, Abramovic,
Ivekovic, Martinis, Trbuljak, A.N. Dragan, S. Dragan, Bódy, Gosov, Bruszewski,
Paruzel, Zgraja; Mitropoulos
c) The Pacific (Japan, Australia)
Iimura, Yamamoto, Yamagochi, Imai, Harada, M. Kawaguchi, Iwai, Scott, Jones,
Biggs, Gidney
3. The third decade (1990 – 2002)
a) United States of America
Collation and Checking/Supervision of Data: Beirne, Scher, Do. Hall, Diller &
Scofidio, Rakatansky, Jeremijenko, Vesna, Garrin, Rokeby, S. Mann, Back, Tchalenko
/ Miall, Ditmars, Reas, Lyons, Naimark
Constructions of Reality I: models of reality, post-technological visions and
psychological implications: Hershman, Oursler, Rosenzveig & Le Maitre, Barry,
Crandall, K. Lucas, Pfeiffer, Lord, Wong
Constructions of Reality II: computer-aided media reflections and overlapping levels
of real and virtual space: Rath, Cannon, Campbell, Rozin, O´Sullivan, Utterback,
Holmes, Weil, Dodge, Yaar, Hoberman, Binkley, Grace, Brown, Winkler, Gillerman &
Terry, Vivid Group, Keays, Mathieu, Steinkamp
Constructions of Reality III: models of reality as virtual reality: Rogala, Sandin,
Dolinsky, Allen, Bestor, S.S. Fisher, Reiser
System models and behavioural blueprints: biological and circulatory systems, tele-
robotics and “artificial intelligence”: Dannenberg, Brixey, Rinaldo, Youngs, W.
Vasulka, Penny, Feingold, Wortzel, Goldberg, Paulos, SRL, ARW, Easterson, Reeves,
Smith, “Art & Robotics Group”, Leonhardt, Morgan, Tenhaaf, O'Connell, Vorn /
Demers, Slayton
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Telecommunication: Galloway/Rabinowitz, Lanier, Fisher, Courchesne, Sévigny,
Matuck, Krotoszynski, Kac, Prado
Latin America between low- and high-tech (I): “subject” - “object” relationship and
constructions of reality: Domingues, Medeiros, Fragoso, Fraga, Prado, Rejane
Cantoni, De Carvalho, Rogriguez, Bryce, Esquivel, Aguaitones / von Berner
Latin America between low and high-tech (II): supervision, data collation and
checking: Arango, Jezik, Lozano-Hemmer, Lopez, “Video dos at otras graficas“, Ruiz
Gutierrez, Bambozzi, Saraiva, Romano
b) Europe
Data collation and checking: Baladi, Cahen, Boursier-Mougenot, Copers, Géronnez,
Dietvorst, Blondeel, Bogers, De Jonge, Haagsma (I), Ashes, Schalken / Van Dinther,
Klepsch, Mlecko, Mohné (I), Lahr, Zende, Verbeek, Kaufmann, Oswald, Ulrichs,
Jerez, Collins, Bonde
“Subject” – “Object” : Bournigault, Maat, Karawahn, Klotz, Heinz- Hoeck, John,
Human Control, ART+COM, Schemmert, Kessler, Möller, “Supreme Particles“,
Baginsky, M. Fleischmann/W. Strauss, Prehn, Auer, Alido, Ciervo, Rist, Naranjo,
Johnson, Beban / Horvatic, Petersen, Virkkala
Constructions of Reality I: overlapping levels of real and virtual space: Hoover,
Kooijmans, Pinkus, Frammartino, Roveda, “Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici“, Stones,
Weibel, Schnell, Pamminger, Kiessling, Mohné (II), “Autopsi“
Constructions of Reality II: purpose-made models of reality: Köpnick, Hufschmid,
Geelhaar, Peters, Johannsen, Steig, Sievers, Val, Moonen/Arndt, Signer, Rickli,
“Elastic“, Offerman, Hoogeveen/Hermans, Van Ishoven, Stubbs
Constructions of Reality III: further visualisation techniques, MR and VR immersion:
Muench / Furukawa, Hakola, Damm, Thomsen, Schmitt, Desbazeille/Canto, Brown
Constructions of Reality IV: interactive narrative systems: Boissier, Benayoun, Nandi,
B. Cohen, Biggs, Johannson, Fabricators, Gilardi, Bertrand
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System Models and Behavioural Blueprints: Haagsma (II), Torpus/Durieux,
Elsenaar, Borland, Robertshaw, Blast Theory, Bigge (II), Kirkup, Kacunko, Gabriel,
Sommerer/Mignoneau, Annunziato
Telecommunication: Benayoun, Forest, Foresta, Barron, Sermon, Keane, Aitiani,
“Arslab“/Vaccarino / Prosdocimo/Punzo, Tozzi
Northern East Europe: Isupov, Galeyev, Isaev, Fishkin, Viljus, Juurak, Keskküla,
Koresaar/Laimre, Seputis, Ziura, J. & J. Vaitekunas
Hungary: Sugar, Peternak, Galántai, Hamos, Kiss Pál, Hegedüs
Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia: Todorovic, Andjelkovic, Naskovski,
“Archimedijala”, Manevski, Avramovska, M. & K. Stojanovski, Martinis, Faktor,
Mezak, Leko, Poljak, Rogic, Marusic-Klif, Fritz, Dekovic, Mestrovic, Oki/Sterle,
Stromajer, Simčič
Rumania and Bulgaria: Patatics, Perjovschi, Ujvarossy, Terzijev, Dourmana,
Boyadijev
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland: Juzová, Smetana, Bielicki, Cermak, Ruller, Rónai,
Rogala, Konopka, Wasilewski
c) The Pacific (Japan, Australia)
Japan
“Subject” – “Object”: Iimura, Iwai, Y. Matsumoto/Towata, Moriwaki, Miyajima,
Mase/Fels, Saito, “Video Artist Workshop“, Taki, Kawai, Himuro, Kasahara, Makida,
Yonekawa, Umano
Constructions of Reality I: overlapping levels of real and virtual space: “Mission
Invisible“, “Culture Matrix”, Ogata/Judge, Gabin
Constructions of Reality II: purpose-made models of reality and their media
equivalents: Matsumura, Ryusuke, Y. Suzuki, Jeong, Matoba
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Constructions of Reality III: further visualisation techniques and VR immersion:
Hashimoto, Hachiya, Mikami, Maebayashi, Iwata, Michitaka/Minato, Kihara/Otsui,
Hi. Ishii/Tangible Bits
Constructions of Reality IV: interactive narrative systems, game concepts and
learning processes: Yamaguchi, T. Matsumoto, Fujihata, Tosa, Ishii, Goto, Hirano
Interaction and Tradition: Renga, robots, telecommunication: Nakamura/Anzai,
Kihara/Otsui, Yamaguchi, Tosa, Yamanaka, Yamamoto, Eto, N.
Suzuki/Kihara/Anzai/Sekiguchi, Ishizaki, Kataoka, Kouketsu/ Ishibashi, Uda, M.
Tajiri, Fujimura/Ui
Australia: Shaw, Beaubois, Sanderson, Stelarc
III. CLOSED CIRCUIT VIDEO INSTALLATION: A THEORETICAL REVIEW
Prologue: on research specialisms in art and media theory
1. “Subject” – “Object” relationship
2. Constructions of reality
3. System models and behavioural blueprints
4. Game concepts and learning processes
5. Data collation and checking
6. Telecommunication
CONCLUDING REMARKS
1. The “materiality” of media
2. The “immateriality” of art: the “performative”
3. The “supremacy of appearances”: the false mirror
a) “Guardians of the Image”
b) Feedback as pseudo-argument
c) Ecstasy, rationality and reversibility: Apollo and Hermes
d) “Video Spheres” and Irreversibility
4. Closed-circuit as an “open system”: target concept – interaction
5. The history of media art: strategies and perspectives
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DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX (DVD)
Catalogue
Literature and correspondence
URLs
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