Calendar

Participating artists:
Alba D'Urbano (*1955 Tivoli, Italy), Ulrich Polster (*1963 Frankenberg, Germany), Clemens von Wedemeyer (*1974 Göttingen, Germany), Khaled Abdulwahed (*1975 Homs, Syria), Sven Johne (*1976 Bergen auf Rügen, Germany), Sebastian Stumpf (*1980 Würzburg, Germany), Timo Herbst (*1982 Flensburg, Germany), Christoph Blankenburg (*1983 Erfurt, Germany), Nadja Buttendorf (*1984 Dresden), Charlotte Eifler (*1985 Rostock), Ronny Bulik (*1986 Leipzig), Amel Alzakhout (*1988 Syria), Mailand / Innenhof (*1988 Ludwigsburg/*1989 Augsburg), Juliane Jaschnow (*1989 Karl-Marx-Stadt) and Stefanie Schroeder (*1981 Weimar), Paula Ábalos (*1989 Santiago, Chile) and Maithu Bùi (*1991 Plauen)

opening hours:
Tue, Thu-Sun: 10am-6pm, Wed: 12pm-8pm

Venue:
MdbK - Museum der bildenden Künste
Katharinenstraße 10
04109 Leipzig
mdbk.de


Today, the term video art encompasses a variety of time-based audiovisual forms of expression, including screen-based single-channel videos, expansive multi-channel video installations, as well as expanded cinema and digital net art. This diversity is also reflected in the exhibition Screen Time. Leipzig video art since 1990.

Since the late 1960s, video art has gradually established itself internationally as an independent form of visual art. The medium also has a tradition in the GDR and especially in Leipzig, with roots dating back to the 1970s. At the latest since the establishment of the Media Art programme at the Academy of Visual Arts (HGB) in 1993, the city has been able to establish itself as an important location for audiovisual art production. From this point onwards, exhibitions and festivals were organised on a regular basis. In particular, the Media Biennale organised in 1992 and 1994 offered an important opportunity for international networking. Since moving into its new building in 2004, the MdbK itself can point to several relevant exhibitions (including 40jahrevideokunst.de. - Revision.ddr 2006) and a steadily growing audiovisual collection.

The technical framework conditions of video art have changed just as rapidly as the status of digital moving images in our everyday culture. The exhibition traces this development using selected positions from Leipzig and at the same time offers a concentrated history of the technical and artistic development of three decades of video art.