German Video and Performance

Herzogenrath outlines the early history of video art in Germany, the consequences of the lack of support for video, and the influence of European history and art history in the artists' work. The artists' video and performance works are presented through essays, descriptions and photographs. Biographical notes

Michael Buthe & Marcel Odenbach

Documenting Buthe's travels, Von Wiese examines the implication of the painter's expression of "individual mythologies". Vowinckel traces Odenbach's questioning of the role of art through video installations and performances. In separate introductions, Haas describes the concerns of West German art while Falk compares the two German artists. Includes excerpts from Odenbach's collages in video installations. Biographical notes. 1 bibl. ref

Agit-Prop : Performance in Banff : Barber, Bienvenue, Brisley, Chitty, Knox, Odenbach, Rosenbach, Rosler

Examining the relation between agit-prop and performance, Robertson outlines a history of agit-prop and workers' theatre in Europe and Canada; contemporary examples of agit-prop performance are provided. Includes performance descriptions and statements by eight artists. Biographical notes. Circa 75 bibl. ref

Video Spaces : Eight Installations

In this tabloid-format catalogue on nine international video artists' work in eight exhibitions, London writes on the artistic maturity of video. Artist's statements. Biographical notes

Eye for I : Video Self-Portraits

Bellour ascribes three values (of truth, of the act and of identity) to video's potential for self-portraiture; the author delineates modes of time, place and imagery, as well as relationships to the body, to television and to the margins in his discussion of the work of the 14 artists in the exhibition. Each tape is briefly documented alongside a statement by the artist

Pour la suite du monde (cahier) : Propos et projets

Curators Godmer and Lussier explain how the 29 artists in the exhibition were offered a parallel opportunity to present their concerns (through chosen, written or commissioned texts) and projects in book form; the resulting "cahier" is a companion to the exhibition catalogue. Brief biographical indications. 21 bibl.ref