Vitamin V: Video and the Moving Image in Contemporary Art
By (Author) Phaidon Editors
Introduction by Erika Balsom
Phaidon Press Ltd
Phaidon Press Ltd
25th March 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Non-graphic and electronic art forms
History of art
777
Hardback
288
Width 250mm, Height 290mm, Spine 33mm
The presence of video in contemporary art has never been more ubiquitous than it is today. At a time when moving images have saturated daily life to an unprecedented degree, artists continue to draw new possibilities from the medium. Vitamin V: Video and the Moving Image in Contemporary Art the first book in the Vitamin series to focus on a digital medium includes the work of more than 100 artists, nominated by a carefully selected panel of high-profile art-world figures from around the world.
Erika Balsom is a scholar and critic based in London, working on cinema, art, and their intersection. She is Reader in Film Studies at King s College London and holds a PhD in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University.