Research Article

The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art

Volume: 1 Number: 1 December 27, 2025
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The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art

Abstract

In this study, which analyzes the development and change of video art from its inception to the present day, it examines the process by which the screen, which began as a cinematic narrative conveying visual meaning, shrank in line with technological developments to become television screens, and then, with the development of portable video technology in the 1960s, became part of cultural narrative. Today has taken on the form of digital installations and interactive creations that also incorporate space. Initially, the physical reality of the screen as a cultural form/part of a form, which began with the use of tube televisions in installations pioneered by artists such as Nam June Paik, first gave way to LED screens and then to duplicated arrangements in which the image was reduced to a simulated reality. In the ongoing process, the image is reassembled, and from the early 2000s onwards, the screen is reduced to the physical reality of the space, and the virtuality of the image is re-dimensioned. However, in the process that began with video art, it is argued that the change of the screen from the physical to the virtual, along with the use of the screen and the viewer-artwork interaction, is constantly changing; that the screen, positioned in the gallery space, is transferred to the public sphere in the context of conceptual art and/or can be approached as a purely aesthetic form, but can also serve as a means of reflecting critical meaning. On the other hand, the interactive structure of video installations, which are among today's technology-based forms of creation, the relationship established with the viewer, and, therefore, the nature of the work, which is completed by the viewer's presence, are also among the fundamental research problems. In this context, the aim is to fill a gap in the field by reevaluating the position of the screen in today's technology-based art, as it moves beyond being merely a physical transmission device to becoming part of cultural narrative and thus reconstructing the representation of reality.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Digital and Electronic Media Art, Screen Media, Interactive Media

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 27, 2025

Submission Date

November 28, 2025

Acceptance Date

December 5, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 1 Number: 1

APA
Cengiz, A. (2025). The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art. ArtDesign Journal, 1(1), 68-89. https://izlik.org/JA47TA77HX
AMA
1.Cengiz A. The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art. ArtDesign. 2025;1(1):68-89. https://izlik.org/JA47TA77HX
Chicago
Cengiz, Ayşegül. 2025. “The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art”. ArtDesign Journal 1 (1): 68-89. https://izlik.org/JA47TA77HX.
EndNote
Cengiz A (December 1, 2025) The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art. ArtDesign Journal 1 1 68–89.
IEEE
[1]A. Cengiz, “The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art”, ArtDesign, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 68–89, Dec. 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA47TA77HX
ISNAD
Cengiz, Ayşegül. “The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art”. ArtDesign Journal 1/1 (December 1, 2025): 68-89. https://izlik.org/JA47TA77HX.
JAMA
1.Cengiz A. The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art. ArtDesign. 2025;1:68–89.
MLA
Cengiz, Ayşegül. “The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art”. ArtDesign Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Dec. 2025, pp. 68-89, https://izlik.org/JA47TA77HX.
Vancouver
1.Ayşegül Cengiz. The Phenomenon of Screen in the Development and Change Process of Video Art. ArtDesign [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 1;1(1):68-89. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA47TA77HX

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