1st Edition

Multi-media Video – Installation – Performance

By Nick Kaye Copyright 2007
280 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Multi-media charts the development of multi-media video, installation and performance in a unique dialogue between theoretical analysis and specially commissioned documentations by some of the world’s foremost artists. Nick Kaye explores the interdisciplinary history and character of experimental practices shaped in exchanges between music, installation, theatre, performance art, conceptual... Read more
Part 1 Medium, remedy, mortality, fiction, acting, absence, capture, loss, recognition, Fiona Templeton; Chapter 1 Introduction: Live Video; Part 2 Alladeen (2002–5); Chapter 2 Video Time/Performance Time; Part 3 Open My Glade (2000), Pipilotti Rist; Chapter 3 Video Space/Performance Space; Part 4 Confidential Report on an Interactive Experience, Paolo Rosa; Chapter 4 Multiplying Media; Part 5 Snow (2000), John Jesurun; Chapter 5 Conclusion: Seen and Unseen;

Biography

Performance Studies at Exeter University and author of Site-Specific Art (2000).

'As much an art book as a scholarly work, Multi-media combines sophisticated, well-informed scholarship with artists’ pages that transcend mere illustration to become a catalogue for a virtual exhibition. In terms of both subject and format, it’s a worthy companion to Kaye’s Site-Specific Art.'Phil Auslander, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 

'Multi-media develops a stimulating discourse between theoretical analysis and documented art practice. Kaye covers a considerable amount of ground... [and] offers an insightful account of multimedia practices in terms of space, time and subjectivity... The additional illustrated material between the chapters functions as a fascinating oasis that illuminates and facilitates Kaye's discussion. Undoubtedly, Multi-media is a well-researched and highly informative book, which is a valuable resource in the growing body of work on multimedia performance. - Platform

'Notably well-referenced, Multi-media is accessibly written and stimulating. Its creative approach to presenting the original artistic components in the body of analytical text is challenging, thought-provoking, and captures the reader's attention. This impressive compilation gives us an opportunity to look 'inside' the medium of television and video artwork, and will be essential reading for anyone interested in the effect of 'mediatization' of the art world.' - New Theatre Quarterly