A Study of Time-Phenomena in Video Art

(9th Annual Conference: Presentation)

Abstract

I think that different images or notions of time is a important theme in Video Art. By retrospectively considering the problem of time-control in the development of Video technology, I would like to search for a more contemporary mode on time-phenomenon in Video Art.

In this paper, I select and examine the work “Ancient of Days” by Bill Viola. In this piece, I observed the way of producing a image of time in the post-production which editing process made time-lapse sequence, on the basis of “the continuity of taping” as a characteristic of Video (real time → time-lapse sequence → VIDEO TIME). On the other hand, taking consideration of experimental films and musics, I understood that the act of “seeing” by viewer is a mode of time-consciousness in itself. And I concluded that this kind of piece was a model of time-perception.