Joao Onofre: 1-20. (New York).(video artist)(Brief Article)

Now that video art has evolved (or degenerated) to the point that it simulates the slickness of television or film, it's sometimes difficult to remember that video started out as an "alternative" medium--a means of creating art that would employ mass-media technology while standing apart from its machinations.

Many early video projects were performance based, featuring artists whose appearance and delivery were strictly unprofessional: deadpan, stiff, unactorly (think of Martha Rosler's feminist kitchen tutorials, Joan Jonas's body-centered videos, or Bruce Nauman's water ...

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