Infrastructure, Production, and Archive: American and Japanese Video Art Production of 1960s and 1970s

<p>Focusing a study on the infrastructure of artistic production and maintenance opens a space in which to examine the relationship between artistic inspiration and knowledge making, the occurrences and the writing of its history. In the case of the comparative study of the emergence of Japanese and American video art, common artistic technique employed may indicate motivations derived from the technical possibility of the video medium, while the study of infrastructure demonstrates how large-scale funding, formation of archives, the establishment of systems of distribution and channels of education affect the emergence and development of video art as a genre. This thesis analyzes the synchronous and productive rise of video art in the U.S. and Japan from mid-1960s through mid-1970s, while problematizing the systems of knowledge formation and cultural maintenance that produced a different reception of the histories.</p> <p>In reviewing the structure of cultural maintenance today, the digital field inspires an exploration of new avenues for models of infrastructure that is alternative to traditional institutional frameworks. The digital platform as a pedagogical tool, research resource, and discussion forum allows cross-linguistic understanding, networked scholarship, and open accessibility, suggesting an ideal method for knowledge making. Moreover, this thesis suggests the digital platform as a potential catalyst for a collaborative administration of archive and preservation of Japanese experimental film and video, proposing an alternative method of knowledge formation and cultural maintenance moving forward.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Liberal Studies

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Adachi, Ann Atsuko

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Amy Herzog

• Communication Technology and New Media
• Film and Media Studies
• History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
• Art Production
• Distribution
• and Infrastructure
• Digital Archive
• Japanese Experimental Film
• Japanese Video Art
• Media Art
• Video Art

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/400

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-1399