REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy.

Abstract

The early international history of video art remains contested and most narratives focus upon a fragment. The narrative in Italy was by its nature international and holds up a mirror to the development of video across the world. Italy was a vibrant centre of video art production and exhibition, throughout the 1970s and 1980s. This early experimentation attracted artists from all over the world and laid the foundation for video art. However, early Italian video art has since received only scant international exposure. Its contribution to the history of video as an art form has for too long escaped the recognition that it so unequivocally deserves. This book aims to bring this subject back into the international spotlight, and to provide a unique resource for both research and study. It is the main output of the REWINDItalia project, which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). It is a culmination of archival research, interviews with artists and seminal essays, plus newly commissioned texts by leading scholars and artists. It also features a wide selection of video stills and other images.

Citation

LEUZZI, L. and PARTRIDGE, S. (eds.) 2015. REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy = I primi anni della videoarte in Italia. Barnet: John Libbey Publishing.

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Publication Date: Aug 31, 2015
• Deposit Date: Aug 17, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 22, 2024
• Publisher: John Libbey Publishing
• ISBN: 9780861967216
• Keywords: Video art; Italy
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1375025
• Additional Information: This file contains a single representative chapter from the full book. The print copy of this work is currently available for purchase from Indiana University Press, on behalf of the publisher (John Libbey Publishing): https://iupress.org/9780861967216/rewind-italia/ . This work also includes the following chapters that have been authored or co-authored by Laura Leuzzi: "Interview with Maria Gloria Bicocchi = Intervista a Maria Gloria Bicocchi" by Stephen Partridge and Laura Leuzzi; "Some notes on Luca Maria Patella's videotapes = Alcune note sui videotape di Luca Maria Patella" by Laura Leuzzi; and "Chronology of Video Art in Italy (1952–1992)" by Laura Leuzzi and Valentino Catricalà. This book is in both English and Italian.