Art Video
Our bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degree program in art video addresses the use of video as a medium for making contemporary art. We encourage a multidisciplinary approach to video, providing opportunities for you to interact with fellow students throughout the University and our community. Video is a social medium.
You investigate the many ways video is used creatively: as single channel works challenging the conventions of narrative and documentary form; as a medium for visualizing music; as a visual art form integrating computer-generated images, audio experimentation, and performance art; as a sculptural medium used in site-specific installations; and as a primary source of creative content for the World Wide Web.
In beginning classes, video is approached freely as a medium for perceptual and conceptual development. Students bring their interests to class through video recordings, simultaneously learning about themselves, their world, and the video medium. In subsequent classes students are required to produce work informed by the history and theoretical tenets of the medium.
You investigate the many ways video is used creatively: as single channel works challenging the conventions of narrative and documentary form; as a medium for visualizing music; as a visual art form integrating computer-generated images, audio experimentation, and performance art; as a sculptural medium used in site-specific installations; and as a primary source of creative content for the World Wide Web.
In beginning classes, video is approached freely as a medium for perceptual and conceptual development. Students bring their interests to class through video recordings, simultaneously learning about themselves, their world, and the video medium. In subsequent classes students are required to produce work informed by the history and theoretical tenets of the medium.
Students will use multiple formats of video and have access to complete digital production and post-production facilities, including discrete digital audio post-production suites. Audio, including music, is a key aspect of this time-based medium. To help our students learn, we have one of the best collections of artists’ video in the United States.
Besides becoming independent video artists, our graduates are video information specialists in a growing number of professional sectors, including the music video industry and in businesses providing creative video for the World Wide Web. The video industry also includes production and post-production for the electronic education, training, publishing, and entertainment industries as well as the in-house video provision for major corporations in the United States and abroad.
Besides becoming independent video artists, our graduates are video information specialists in a growing number of professional sectors, including the music video industry and in businesses providing creative video for the World Wide Web. The video industry also includes production and post-production for the electronic education, training, publishing, and entertainment industries as well as the in-house video provision for major corporations in the United States and abroad.