Body and Performance:
1. According to Vito Acconci why can art and life fully merge?
-He asserts that art doesn't have the rules life does so they can't fully become one.
2. How did some artists engage with video in the first half of the 1970s?
- Some artists performed alone in their own studios with only the camera as an audience.
3. How did Nauman and Graham use live video feedback?
-Nauman used it to unsettle his audience by having them view thmselves effectively in reverse as they approached the screen that showed them from the back. Graham used it as an experiment to allow his audience to perceive their own presence.
4. How did video art presentation change in the 1990s?
- Video artists began to use more open installation formats such as sculpture and architectural projections.
Movie Video:
1. Who was the first director to integrate cinematic and videographic elements?
- Jean- Luc Goddard.
2. What are the characteristics of a feature film?
- Feature films are displayed in dark theaters, on a large screen, and use this setting to create the illusion that the viewer exhanges their own identity for the projected reality.
3. How is video art different from cinematic films according to the text?
- Video art is displayed in installations which use multiple projections, split screens, or screens placed away from walls.
4. What other art form inspired video artists?
- Theatre
