CV120 - Jean Gagnon, Vidéocaméléon — Sylvain Campeau
Ciel variable 120 - Figures of Affirmation (Summer 2022)
Readings (Individual article, digital version)
Jean Gagnon, Vidéocaméléon. Chroniques de l’art vidéo au Québec, de Vidéo Véhicule à PRIM Vidéo, 1972–1992
Onomatopee, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2021, 210 p.
— Sylvain Campeau
“An important brick ... in our knowledge” and offering an “original chronological description,” Vidéocaméléon will, Sylvain Campeau’s opinion, be an essential for those interested in art video. “This book is not simply a historical record,” Campeau writes; “Jean Gagnon sometimes puts on his critical hat.” The strength of the book lies in the balance between these “two sides,” according to Campeau, who praises Gagnon’s analyses and the milestones and typology that he proposes. “Gagnon also uncovers vectors, which are not exclusive categories but aesthetic choices validated by video makers who reached out to and researched what the new medium suggested to them,” Campeau writes.
Details
Language : English & French
Digital Version : PDF, 0.5 Mb
Bibliographical Notice
Sylvain Campeau, “Jean Gagnon, Vidéocaméléon. Chroniques de l’art vidéo au Québec” in Ciel variable, No. 120, Montreal, 2022, p. 101-102.