The Value of the Video

   I am not new to the world of performance video, installations, or the varities of new media works, as I have worked in all of these mediums.  I am curious on your opinions of where the value of new media works is headed.  Do you feel that society will continue to place the value of new media work on the content thus allowing artist's to prosper, or, is it a fear that some of you may have that without the artistic "object" we are faced with the challenge of proving that our work deserves to be compensated?  Might we all end up being viewed on You tube instead of the audience visiting the space that our work is intended for? 

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Permalink Reply by Quinn Dukes on March 28, 2011 at 1:46pm

Hi Rachel, I think about this very question all the time.

I have recently resorted to presenting edited versions of performance through video. Video displaces the viewer from the true experience of the piece and I feel that edited sequences acknowledges this displacement one step further. It is my hope that the summation of the whole will interest someone into eventually seeing the live version in the future. The thought of compensation for video / performance is so foreign to me that I rarely consider the option. I remain hopeful that ideas will spread so long as I am open to the means of which that happens.

What are your thoughts?

 

 

Permalink Reply by Kirkdify on March 30, 2011 at 10:43pm
hey you two. i'm lucky to have stumbled on this thread. i have the exact same questions and think about them often. i started a performance based youtube channel and have come to the point where I'd like to extend my pieces into a live, more public and maybe even commercial realm. i'm also writing a piece now for changethis which is set to manifesto: how to make performance art on youtube. besides my own experience creating my channel and the work i've watched of others i have no real qualification to do this. i did studiy theater and performance but this area of art production is so new and implicates so many varied concentrations. unified theories would be great to find. let me know what resources you rely on for information regarding online performance and if you'd like check out what i've done on tumblr or youtube.com/kirkdify
Permalink Reply by Boris Willis on April 22, 2011 at 8:26pm

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nteresting question. I have done two years of work exclusively for the online medium. I don't think of it as replacing the theater or a live space but it is a space unto itself. There is no conflict between an actor who performs in television or movies and in theater they simply do both. Dance is no different. There are many dance shows on TV and many dance videos on youtube so I say we embrace the Internet and its ability to play video. Millions of people have video players in their pockets so you can make work for that medium which could be seen by millions of people or you can convince a couple hundred people to have your intended experience in a theater or live performance space. I understand that people want to get paid for their work but that is not enough. You also need to make work that deserves to be paid for. Unlike a musician who plays a cover, we don't get to dance our own version of Alvin Ailey's Revelations at the end of our concerts because we know people will love it. All of our songs are original and its hard when people can't sing (dance) along from time to time in our concerts. My blog is http://danceaday.com

Permalink Reply by Ann Moradian on May 7, 2011 at 2:06am

We already face the challenge of proving that our work deserves to be compensated. Media works extend work to new audiences and new possibilities. I do wonder, though, at what point people will extinguish real interaction and experience, and if we as a species will be able to recognize the value of and need for visceral interaction in maintaining and developing our humanity... which art sometimes helps us to do...

Permalink Reply by Rui Condeixa Xavier de Oliveira on November 2, 2011 at 4:50pm
Couldn't agree more about the need of visceral interaction, and I do believe that is it what gives the theatre its strenght. Here in Brazil there are some on-line theatre experiences, as the Teatro Para Alguém (http://www.teatroparaalguem.com.br/), wich are a little bit odd to me, cause I can see no diference between this and a live tv serie, as they was a long time ago. As all the theatre groups, we use the youtube channel as a way of promotion, hoping the public will be curious about the real stuff at stage.
Permalink Reply by Isabel Maria Dos on December 11, 2011 at 12:04pm

;)) Course or other devices on the web.

Permalink Reply by zoilly.tv on February 8, 2012 at 1:56pm

Target Youtube for audience :)

Permalink Reply by Ann Moradian on February 17, 2012 at 3:08pm

Good point Quinn. The better we work with it, the more video becomes its own medium and form of 'choreography' -- different elements, possibilities and restrictions.

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