A history of experimental film and video : from the canonical avant-garde to contemporary British practice /

Rees, A. L.

A history of experimental film and video : from the canonical avant-garde to contemporary British practice / A.L. Rees. - 2nd edition. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xii, 196 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: London: BFI, 1999. Published on behalf of the British Film Institute.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This second edition covers the history of avante-garde film and video, ranging from Cezanne and Dada, via Cocteau, Brakhage and Le Grice, to the new wave of British video artists in the 1990s. The author also reconstitutes the avante-garde film as an independent form of art practice with its own internal logic and aesthetic discourse.

Specialized.

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Experimental films--History and criticism.
Video art.
Performing Arts.

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