Video Art

After our discussion in class about the role of photography as an art form I came to see many parallels between the reasoning for photography as an art and also how many of the arguments made could also establish video media as an art in itself. Through its evolution video art faced many of the same criticisms as photography did yet as it progressed has become more and more accepted as an art form. Video presents a relatively new and an almost unlimited number of avenues in which an artist may flex his creative muscle. It is an exciting prospect as personal video cameras have dropped in price enough that everybody may be able to own one soon. I believe the video art we have seen up until now is just a small taste of what is to come and what we are capable of.

-Blake Heiss