Thirty Years Dutch Video Art

[Marieke Istha]

Thirty Years Dutch Video Art
January 11 - March 8 2003
Opening January 10, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

>From January 11 through March 8 the Netherlands Media Art Institute,
Montevideo/Time Based Arts is presenting a survey of video art from 1970 to
2000. In eight weeks a selection of more than 60 video works and eight
installations will be shown. Particularly the construction of the
installations is unique, as many of the installations selected are known
only from visual records or descriptions. By reconstructing them they can
again be shown to the public and be described and recorded in a proper
manner for the future. Among the installations to be set up anew are those
by Servaas, Ginny Vos, Elsa Stansfield en Madelon Hooykaas and Miguel-Ángel
Cardenas.

All of the works selected will be subdivided into one of four central themes
within video art: mass communication, registration, medium-specific and
narrative. At various points works will be removed and new works installed.
This exchange will make shifts within the oeuvre of particular artists and
currents visible - and make it possible to exhibit more works. In a special
information space it will be possible for the public to view on monitor all
the works that will be shown during the eight weeks.

Mass communication
Utilizing video for its possibilities for making television oneself or to
parody or comment on television - is central. In this theme work by Wim T
Schippers, Marinus Boezem, Jaap Drupsteen, Moniek Toebosch and others will
be presented.

Registration
The use of video to record an act or process, with works by Marina
Abramovic, Ben D’Armagnac, Jan van Munster, Wim Gijzen and others.

Medium specific
Works which investigate the technical possibilities and characteristics of
the new visual language, as found in works by Peter Struyken, Peter Bogers,
Jaap de Jonge, Livinus van de Bundt, and more.

Narrative
Video links up with the development of again telling stories in the visual
arts, and finds increasing points of contact with cinematic language.
Including work by Lydia Schouten, Pieter Baan Müller and Tjarda Sixtma and
Michiel Vijselaar.

Many of the works selected come from the holdings of the Netherlands Media
Art Institute, which has built up an extensive collection since its founding
in 1978. In addition to the collections of Monte Video and Time Based Arts
the Netherlands Media Art Institute houses the collections of the Lijnbaan
Center, De Appel and Instituut Collectie Nederland. As well as older works,
the Netherlands Media Art Institute acquires works by promising young
artists. About 25 titles are added to the collection annually.

“Thirty Years Dutch Video Art” is also the subject of a publication on Dutch
video art from 1970-2000, edited by Jeroen Boomgaard (UVA, Witte Raaf) and
Bart Rutten (Netherlands Media Art Institute), to be issued by NAI
publishers in Rotterdam in January, 2003.

A teaching packet has also been developed for Thirty Years Dutch Video Art,
consisting of two ArTTapes and a handout. The teaching packet provides an
introduction to video art in general, with special attention for the history
of Dutch video art. It is intended for students in the secondary school art
and culture class (CKV2), and relates to the themes in the CKV2 program. The
packet can be used in combination with a visit to the exhibition, or
independently. This means the packet can be used anywhere in the country,
and for a longer period. The new ArTTapes contain a selection of video works
from the 1970s (Marina Abromovic, Wim Gijzen, Pieter Engels, Jan van
Munster, and others) and the 1980s (Pieter Baan Muller, Lydia Schouten and
Peter Bogers, among others). They supplement the previously issued ArTTapes
1, 2 and 3 (covering the 1990s).

A number of lectures will also be organized, forming an introduction to
video art. These lectures will illuminate the history of the medium and its
technical aspects, and discuss a number of the specific works.

In cooperation with De Balie and Steim, an auxiliary program will be
organized which will cast light on the borderlands of video art -
developments in experimental film and audio art.

For more information: Marieke Istha, Communication T +31 (0)20 6237101 E
istha at montevideo.nl <mailto:istha at montevideo.nl>



Marieke Istha
Communication

Netherlands Media Art Institute
Montevideo/Time Based Arts
Keizersgracht 264
1016 EV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)20 6237101
F +31 (0)20 6244423
istha at montevideo.nl
www.montevideo.nl