Stoplooklisten: an Exhibition of Video Works February 19, 2009

In the short history of video art, there have been two primary modes of expression, "feedback" and "immersion". Early closed-circuit video feeds were used as an electronic mirror, instantaneously reflecting whatever came into the camera's gaze. More recently, there has been a shift as many contemporary artists use a more cinematic, "immersion"-style approach in installations with one or more projected images. This exhibition considers the connections between these two prevalent expressions in video from the last fifteen years, focusing on works that have a significant relationship between sound and image and those that are purposefully silent.