Editing Video art (section)

== Performance art and video art ==
Video art as a medium can also be combined with other forms of artistic expression such as [[Performance art]]. This combination can also be referred to as "media and performance art"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/media-and-performance-art/performing-for-the-camera|title=MoMA {{!}} Performing for the Camera|website=www.moma.org|access-date=2018-03-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040235/https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/media-and-performance-art/performing-for-the-camera|archive-date=2018-03-31}}</ref> when artists "break the mold of video and film and broaden the boundaries of art".<ref name=":0" /> With increased ability for artists to obtain video cameras, performance art started being documented and shared across large amounts of audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/conceptual-art/performance-into-art|title=MoMA {{!}} Performance into Art|website=www.moma.org|access-date=2018-03-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215225208/https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/conceptual-art/performance-into-art|archive-date=2017-12-15}}</ref> Artists such as [[Marina Abramović|Marina Abramovic]] and [[Ulay]] experimented with video taping their performances in the 1970s and the 1980s. In a piece titled “Rest energy” (1980) both Ulay and Marina suspended their weight so that they pulled back a bow and arrow aimed at her heart, Ulay held the arrow, and Marina the bow. The piece was 4:10 which Marina described as being “a performance about complete and total trust”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/multimedia/audio/190/1976|title=Museum of Modern Art {{!}} MoMA|website=www.moma.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040251/https://www.moma.org/multimedia/audio/190/1976|archive-date=2018-03-31}}</ref>

Other artists who combined Video art with Performance art used the camera as the audience. [[Kate Gilmore (artist)|Kate Gilmore]] experimented with the positioning of the camera. In her video [https://vimeo.com/99040802 “Anything” (2006)] she films her performance piece as she is constantly trying the reach the camera which is staring down at her. As the 13-minute video goes on, she continues to tie together pieces of furniture while constantly attempting to reach the camera. Gilmore added an element of struggle to her art which is sometimes self-imposed,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://landmarks.utexas.edu/video-art/kate-gilmore-0|title=Kate Gilmore {{!}} LANDMARKS|website=landmarks.utexas.edu|date=16 March 2015|language=en|access-date=2018-03-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823201836/https://landmarks.utexas.edu/video-art/kate-gilmore-0|archive-date=2016-08-23}}</ref> in her video “My love is an anchor” (2004)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilmore |first=Kate |date=June 25, 2014 |title=My Love is an Anchor (Clip) |url=https://vimeo.com/99149001 |website=Vimeo}}</ref> she lets her foot dry in cement before attempting to break free on camera.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bates.edu/news/2009/07/01/break-on-through/|title=Break on Through|date=2009-07-01|access-date=2018-03-02|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230607/http://www.bates.edu/news/2009/07/01/break-on-through/|archive-date=2018-03-20}}</ref> Gilmore has said to have mimicked expression styles from the 1960s and 1970s with inspirations like Marina Abramovic as she adds extremism and struggle to her work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mocacleveland.org/exhibitions/kate-gilmore-body-work|title=Kate Gilmore: Body of Work {{!}} MOCA Cleveland|website=mocacleveland.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230648/http://mocacleveland.org/exhibitions/kate-gilmore-body-work|archive-date=2018-03-20}}</ref>

Some artists experimented with space when combining Video art and Performance art. [[Ragnar Kjartansson (performance artist)|Ragnar Kjartannson]], an Icelandic artist, filmed an entire music video with 9 different artists, including himself, being filmed in different rooms. All the artists could hear each other through a pair of headphones so that they could play the song together, the piece was titled "The visitors" (2012).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/28/498718095/art-star-ragnar-kjartansson-moves-people-to-tears-over-and-over|title=Art Star Ragnar Kjartansson Moves People To Tears, Over And Over|work=NPR.org|access-date=2018-03-02|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040740/https://www.npr.org/2016/10/28/498718095/art-star-ragnar-kjartansson-moves-people-to-tears-over-and-over|archive-date=2018-03-31}}</ref>

Some artists, such as [[Jaki Irvine]] and [[Victoria Fu]] have experimented with combining [[16 mm film]], [[8 mm film]] and video to make use of the potential discontinuity between moving image, musical score and narrator to undermine any sense of linear narrative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frithstreetgallery.com/artists/jaki-irvine|title=Jaki Irvine}}</ref>