Over the last three decades, the moving image has grown from a marginalised medium of British art into one of the nation’s most vital areas of artistic practice. How did we get here? Artists’ Moving Image in Britain Since 1989 seeks to provide answers, unfolding some of the narratives – disparate, entwined and often colourful – that have come to define this field. Ambitious in scope, this anthology considers artists and artworks alongside the organisations, institutions and economies in which they exist. Writings by scholars from both art history and film studies, curators from diverse backgrounds and artists from across generations offer a provocative and multifaceted assessment of the evolving position of the moving image in the British art world and consider the effects of numerous technological, institutional and creative developments.

Editors: Erika Balsom, Lucy Reynolds and Sarah Perks.

Published by Paul Mellon/Yale University Press.

https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/publications/browse/9781913107017