Outer and Inner Space: Pipilotti Rist, Shirin Neshat, Jane and Louise Wilson, and the History of Video Art

by John B. Ravenal, Laura Cottingham, Jonathan Crary

Borrowing from the title of Andy Warhol’s 1965 double-screen film, Outer and Inner Space, this book explores how video art addresses the interplay between external reality and internal states of mind. Three recent video installations -- by Pipilotti Rist, Shirin Seshat, and Jane and Louise Wilson -- are placed in the context of forty influential early works from the late 1960s to mid-1980s. These pairings underscore both the change and the continuity in video art, from its rough-edged experimental origins to works that use sophisticated technology to create environments of image and sound.

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2002