The Emergence of Video Processing Tools

There are few books published concerning a broader view of video history, and fewer still that address the instruments of production. "The Emergence of Video Processing Tools" will be of interest for educators and students in video/media production and in the history of contemporary art in this fast [...]
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There are few books published concerning a broader view of video history, and fewer still that address the instruments of production. "The Emergence of Video Processing Tools" will be of interest for educators and students in video/media production and in the history of contemporary art in this fast-growing subject. Its essays are short in length but theoretically in-depth and descriptively precise. The content is varied; film reviews, realized projects, theoretical texts. The subjects dealt with are thus equally varied. "The Emergence of Video Processing Tools" presents stories of the development of early video tools and systems designed and built by artists and technologists during the late 1960s and '70s. The editors examine the intersection of art and science and look at collaborations among inventors, designers, and artists trying to create new tools to capture and manipulate images in revolutionary ways. The contributors include "video pioneers," who have been active since the emergence of the aesthetic, and technologists, who continue to design, build, and hack media tools.The book also looks at contemporary toolmakers and the relationship between these new tools and the past. Video and media production is a growing area of interest in art and this collection will be an indispensable guide to its origins and its future.