Archive Hatje Cantz Verlag | Record> Again!

The Present Volume Is The Second Part Of The 40Yearsvideoart.De Restoration Project By The German Federal Cultural Foundation. The Project Succeeded In Retrieving A Large Number Of Videos From The Sixties And Seventies, Believed Lost, From Artists, Estates, And Museum Storerooms; Restoring Them; And, In Many Cases, Presenting Them Again For The First Time In Over Thirty Years.

This Volume Features Over Fifty Early And Largely Unknown Videos By And With Artists Such As Joseph Beuys, Valeska Gert, And Klaus Rinke. It Offers An Illustrated History Of Video Techniques And Features Discussions On Modern Restoration Practices. In Addition, Texts By Experts—Artists, Curators, Art Theorists, And Media Scholars—As Well As A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography Provide Profound Insight Into One Of The Most Influential Genres In Twentieth- And Twenty-First-Century Art.



Exhibition Schedule: Zkm Karlsruhe, July 17–September 6, 2009 | Ludwig Forum Für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, September 18–November 15. 2009 | Kunsthaus Dresden, November 28, 2009–February 14, 2010 | Edith-Ruß-Haus Für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, February 26–April 5, 2010



Peter Weibel (* 1944, Odessa) Is An Internationally Known Media And Conceptual Artist, Curator, And Art And Media Theoretician. Since The 1960S His Work Has Firmly Regarded Artistic Creativity As An Open-Ended Field Of Activity. He Was Head Of The Zkm, Karlsruhe Until 2020. Since 2017 He Has Been Director Of The Peter Weibel Research Institute For Digital Culture At The Universität Für Angewandte Kunst In Vienna.