- Nam June Paik was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist and is also referred to as the 'Father of video art'. He's known for reaching out to his audience through visuals only and very little focus on the audio. I find his work to be so incredibly creative and different to the other artists, it's very hard to compare Nam June Paik to anyone else as his work is extremely rare and unique.
- Malaka Dewapriya is a Sri Lankan visual artist, He has been engaged in a variety of fields in the arts, ranging from Film, Photography, Theatre, Radio and Print media. He tried to blend a variety of styles in his creatio. All of his work is almost the same every time, in his videos he will just repeat the same 2-5 second shot for a whole 2 minutes throughout the whole video by just doing a few simple changes such as changing the colours or using a mirror effect. As effortless as his video installations may seem they are actually pretty interesting to watch.
- Gary Hills work is especially significant due to his incorporation of text in video art, evident in works such as Incidence of Catastrophe 1987-88. Gary Hill began working with video, text and sound in 1973. He was influenced by the intellectual orientation of conceptual art which dominated art of the 1970's. I never thought I could get so attached to a video and actually understand an artists work as they are usually very complicated, but with Gary Hills videos I feel that he definitely tries to concentrate on the meaning and the concept rather than the crazy visuals.
Overall I believe all of these artists are talented in their own ways no matter what I have said about them and how harsh my comments may be. I've learnt that through video installation alone you can send meaningful messages and get lost in the deep visuals to people watching all over the world. It is a great way to display art and connect with your audience.
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