Video art is one of the most used ways of artistic expression in today�s world. From the first experiments that took place at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s by people like Nam June Paik, Andy Warhol or Fred Forest, the use of the video as a way of support, it has been used as well as an undisputed catalyst of images and resolutions, colour textures and moving figures, as an entrance so that sound can be more relevant in galleries and museums, chained to the image, in which way it became essential in performances, facilities and exhibitions. And, of course, despite cinematography and television already being audio and image united as issuers of meaning, on the other hand, the video gives any camera user enough potential to become the generator of visual and sound realities and the possibility of telling a story or changing history. The experience of the apprehension of the video is completely different. It�s not cinema, it�s not TV, it�s video!

That way, the democratic encounter with the video, is in understanding the rest of the possibilities that it holds and will hold. Today, all of us are potential video artists, from our multiple webcams, computers and webpages. The visual consumer of this time isn�t passive and shouldn�t stop being so. Recently, via YouTube, we�ve been able to be aware of peaceful, political movements in different countries, thanks to tapes that were uploaded onto the net in real time, informing a public who is ever-desiring for fresh information and, above all, with the will to want to “share” images, sounds, videos, art, etc. It�s funny to acknowledge that in the first experimental experiences with video, there are the first traces of video games, digital animation, 3D, current advertising and pornography.

And thus, the information unfolds around the world quicker and quicker and more precisely all the time. What we call “sharing” from social networks, is closer to a viral or contagious process, where information can�t stop and runs it�s course. Video art, with all of its potential and the tradition that it represents, has contributed during the last twenty years to create better communication and serving platforms, from its experimentalism to developing better information transmission methods on the net. The video art culture, it has to be said, comes in the same way with the sounds of electronica, digital curiosity and mass media. All of these phenomenons, discussions and projections of the best European video art, can be found at Crosstalk Festival of Video Art in Budapest, which will take place in July. For more information on the event, as well as timetables and presentations, visit this website which will shortly be updated:  http://crosstalk.hu/

Alexa Ray

Nothing better than renting apartments in Budapest and getting to know the best European video art. Have a great time, also, in one of the cities with more history and beauty that remain on the old continent. Art is always the best excuse to find new friends and problems.

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