[spectre] Book Launch A Short History of Dutch Video Art [u]

[Gate Foundation]

The Gate Foundation has the pleasure of inviting you to the book launch 
of


A Short History of Dutch Video Art /
Una Breve Historia del Video Arte en Holanda

On Wednesday 21 December 2005, 17:00 to 19:00 hours
Gate Foundation, Lijnbaansgracht 322 - 323, Amsterdam


This is the last opportunity to visit the Gate Foundation in its 
current form and space. We hope you can join us in celebrating this 
comprehensive publication, typical of recent Gate Foundation 
activities.
http://www.gatefoundation.nl


A Short History of Dutch Video Art is a compilation of the fundamental 
contributions of artists from diverse cultural backgrounds involved in 
the development of Dutch video art. This publication gives an account 
of works produced during the last 30 years by 30 artists living and 
working in the Netherlands. Artists: Marina Abramovic & Ulay, Babak 
Afrassiabi, Tiong Ang, Barbara Bloom, Daniel Brun, Miguel-Ángel 
Cárdenas, Ulises Carrión, Yael Davids, Alicia Framis, Henryk Gajewski, 
David Garcia & Annie Wright, Claudio Goulart & Flavio Pons, Noel 
Harding, Heiner Holtappels & Klaus Boegel, Nan Hoover, Madelon Hooykaas 
& Elsa Stansfield, Christina Linaris-Corridou & Robert J. Nottrot, 
Mariano Maturana, Raul Marroquin, Atsushi Ogata, Dan Oki, Michal 
Shabtay, Jeffrey Shaw, Debra Solomon, Sandra Sterle, Nasrin Tabatabai, 
and Lawrence Wiener.


The publication catalogues the exhibition A Short History of Dutch 
Video Art, which was curated by Sebastian Lopez and organized by the 
Gate Foundation, and has already been shown in 7 museums around the 
world. With its 224 pages, this publication is bilingual (English and 
Spanish) and contains 340 colour illustrations and descriptions of the 
works as well as comprehensive videographies, thereby providing the 
most complete overview of the artist’s achievements. The publication 
also includes an essay by Sebastian Lopez, reflecting on Dutch artistic 
and cultural dynamics around the new medium of video introduced in the 
1970s. 


Title: A Short History of Dutch Video Art/
Una Breve Historia del Video Arte en Holanda
Author: Sebastian Lopez
Publisher: Gate Foundation, Amsterdam
224 pages, 340 illustrations, English/Spanish
Design: Sander Boon
Distributor: episode publishers, Rotterdam
ISBN: 9059730313
Price: € 27,50. During the presentation € 20, -


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