Video Art is a medium for expressing identity in Arab practices | ||||
| International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Art and Technology | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2021, Page 252-277 PDF (687.45 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijmsat.2021.189070 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Magda Al Rahbi | ||||
| Sultan Qaboos university | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| In its introduction, this study deals with the early beginnings of the emergence of Video Art, its most famous pioneers, and the date of its entry into the region Then search for the extent to which the Arab artist harnesses these capabilities and this art in highlighting his Arab identity and demonstrating it His technical and aesthetic capabilities. In order to answer these research questions, the researcher used the descriptive analytical method To the concept of video art, the history of its development and the most famous pioneers, while in the second section, it reviews the entry of video art in The Arab region and the disclosure of the ability of the Arab artist to keep pace with modern technologies for video art, in the study Third, the researcher reviews samples of these works and analyzes them in view of the following indicators: Constructive treatments Within the work, the vocabulary employed in it, and the selected topic in a way that embodies the artist’s environment and its cultural symbols, the researcher attaches Her own experience in video art as one of the study samples. The study concluded that the development of techniques and technology and its intersection with art explains the emergence of contemporary artistic systems and tools. A new expressionism in which the artist addresses his contemporary issues, presenting his audience with a rich expressive language, and that technology and media Technology yields creative problem-solving solutions and allows the artist to think across multiple disciplines more broadly and clearer, and prepares the artist to explore and benefit from them continuously Arab identity in the practices of video artists when they use the video medium to express their issues and visions, benefiting From Western experiences and modern techniques in presenting original works. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Video Art; Contemporary Art; Identity | ||||
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