Northwave

A Survey of Video Art in Nordic Countries

  • Series Biblioteca d'arte contemporanea, 24
  • Edited by Lorella Scacco
  • Binding Paperback with flaps
  • Size 17x24 cm
  • Pages 256
  • Illustrations 60 a colori, 40 in b/n
  • Language Italian, English
  • Year 2009
  • ISBN 9788836614097
  • Price € 28,00
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Abstract

Northwave: A Survey of Video Art in Nordic Countries (Silvana Editoriale, 2009) offers a broad survey of developments video art from the Nordic countries from the 60s until nowadays and the poetics developed by artists. Particular attention was given to artists who have worked since the 90s. After author Lorella Scacco’s talk, Danish-Filipino artist Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen will stage a performance of her work Mis United.
The book is divided into two parts: an essay that investigates the early video experiments of the 60s and 80s in the five Nordic countries and then goes to the “Nordic Miracle” that began in the 90s, describing the issues, trends and work of the artists. The second part consists of a series of biographical profiles illustrating the works and ideas of the individual artists that make this book a survey not only of video art but also of recent artistic developments in the Nordic countries in the broader sense.

Contents

Introduction

Video Experimentation in Nordic Countries from 1960s to 1980s
Premise
Portable video cameras
Cultural Background: Situationism, Pop Art, and Fluxus
Nordic Documentary Tradition
Experiments and Seminars in Denmark
Experimental Cinema and Early Video Production in Sweden
The Birth of a New Scene in Norway
Experimentation in Iceland
Introduction of Video in Finland

The 1990s and the Nordic Miracle
The Nordic Miracle in the 1990s
Low Tech Art, Animation, and Documentary
The Internationalisation of Nordic Cinema

Contemporary Video Art, 1999–2009
Memories, Perception and Social Issues in the Decade 1999–2009

Memories
The Psychology of Everyday Life
Emotional Circuits
Performative Memory

Perception
Self-Portraits
Inside/Outside, Private/Public
True and False, Present and Absent
Bodily Potential
Stillness and Slowness

Social Issues
In Search of Truth and Diversity
Sociological Investigations
Female and Male Universes
From Moodscape to Ecologyscape

Biographical Profiles
Bibliography

Contents

Introduzione

Esperimenti video nei Paesi Nordici tra gli anni sessanta e ottanta
Premessa
La videocamera portatile
Background culturale: Situazionismo, Pop Art e Fluxus
La tradizione nordica del documentario
Esperimenti e seminari in Danimarca
Il cinema sperimentale e i primi video in Svezia
Il formarsi della nuova scena in Norvegia
Sperimentazioni in Islanda
Esordio del video in Finlandia

Gli anni novanta e il miracolo nordico
Il miracolo nordico
Low tech, animazione e documentarismo
L’internazionalizzazione del cinema nordico

Videoarte contemporanea, 1999-2009
Memorie, percezioni e temi sociali nel decennio 1999-2009

Memorie
Psicologie del quotidiano
Circuiti emozionali
Memorie performative

Percezione
Ritratti del sé
Interno/esterno, privato/pubblico
Vero e falso, presente e assente
Potenzialità corporee
Stillness and slowness

Temi sociali
Alla ricerca della verità e della diversità
Indagini sociologiche
Universi femminili e maschili
From moodscape to ecologyscape

Schede biografiche
Bibliografia