Vitamin V: Video and Moving Image in Contemporary Art

The most comprehensive survey of contemporary video and moving image art from the past decade to date, Vitamin V: Video and Moving Image in Contemporary Art presents the latest works by both established names and emerging stars of contemporary art, selected by an international panel of leading figures from the art world. Richly illustrated, the book features numerous examples of artists’ works—from film stills to exhibition installations. Among the featured artists is Jasmina Cibic, widely recognised for her ambitious, multilayered moving image installations that interrogate the role of culture in the construction of national identity and soft power. Her inclusion affirms her position as one of the leading voices in politically engaged contemporary art, whose cinematic language merges archival research, scripted performance, and architectural scenography. Vitamin V is the first volume in Phaidon's acclaimed Vitamin series to be entirely dedicated to moving image, and includes a substantial essay by renowned theorist Erika Balsom that traces the history of video art from the 1960s to the present day.