a genre of art involving the use of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a television screen
video art in American English
noun
an art form involving the creative exploitation of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a televisionscreen
Derived forms
video artist
Word origin
[1970–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, cornrow, relational database, salsa, urban legend
Examples of 'video art' in a sentence
video art
The production promises to make extensive use of video art, which will provide the bulk of the backdrops.
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So my final wish is that you stop 'video art'.
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It's full of the things you always see in 'video art'.
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Would he be tempted to graduate from video art to feature?
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The ones that are called 'video art'.
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Some bits of 'video art' are not totally, totally boring.
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Why not open a museum devoted exclusively to video art?
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It's rare you'll find an audience glued to a 35-minute work of video art.
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Video art, however, irritates him.
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As always with video art, things last too long and meanings tend to sink in bubbling vats of swirling imagery.
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The worst thing is that to see all the 'video art' properly, from beginning to end, would actually take you several months.