Today, the term video art covers a variety of time-based audiovisual forms of expression, including screen-based single-channel videos, expansive multi-channel video installations, but also expanded cinema and digital net art. This diversity is reflected in the exhibition "Screen Time. Leipzig Video Art since 1990". On display are works by three generations of artists, including Alba D'Urbano (*1955 Tivoli, Italy), Clemens von Wedemeyer (*1974 Göttingen), Sven Johne (*1976 Bergen auf Rügen), Sebastian Stumpf (*1980 Würzburg), Timo Herbst (*1982 Flensburg), Nadja Buttendorf (*1984 Dresden), Ronny Bulik (*1986 Leipzig), Paula Ábalos (*1989 Santiago, Chile) and Maithu Bùi (*1991 Plauen).
Since the late 1960s, video art has gradually established itself internationally as an independent form of visual art. In the GDR, too, and especially in Leipzig, there is a tradition of video art the roots of which date back to the 1970s. By 1993 at the latest, with the start of the media art programme at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB), the city has been able to establish itself as an important location for audiovisual art production. From that point onwards, there have been regular exhibitions and festivals. In particular, the Media Biennale, which was held in 1992 and 1994, offered an important opportunity for international networking. Since moving into its new building in 2004, the MdbK itself can refer to several relevant exhibitions (including 40jahrevideokunst.de. – Revision.ddr 2006) and a steadily growing audiovisual collection.
The technical parameters of video art have changed just as rapidly as the status of digital moving images in our everyday culture. The exhibition traces this development by means of 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.
