Offers a history of the medium seen through the perspectives of its early practitioners, through the vast array of conceptual, political, personal and lyrical installations of the 80s and 90s to the present digital revolution. This book overviews of an art form born less than forty years ago and now ubiquitous worldwide.

Abundantly illustrated with frames and sequences, Video Art offers a history of the medium seen through the perspectives of its early practitioners, through the vast array of conceptual, political, personal and lyrical installations of the 80s and 90s to the present digital revolution. This book remains the most complete and up-to-date overview of an art form born less than forty years ago and now ubiquitous worldwide.