Introduction

Video documentation of installations
  Defining the purpose, budgets en scenarios
  >Categories
  Types of video documentation
  Scenarios

Requirements for video documentation of installations

Conclusion

Glossary

Literature

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I/Eye (1994) by Bill Spinhoven


Portrait (1992) by Peter Bogers


Circle Puppets (1994) by Dennis Oppenheim


Notion Motion (2006) by Olafur Eliason


Revolution (1990) by Jeffrey Shaw a.o.


Outside / Inside (1982) by Madelon Hooykaas and Elsa Stansfield

The examples used are often just a fragment of the original video documentation.
 
Video documentation of installationsCategories

Based on our analysis of 200 video documents we were able to define the following categories for video documentation of installations. There are two main categories which can be split into 4 sub-categories depending on their purpose:

How to experience an installation?
1 Purpose: to record the installation for the audience; to give an impression for publication or education.
For example: a video clip on a website
I/Eye (1994) by Bill Spinhoven  
2 Purpose: (artist) documentation; to document or promote the work.
For example: documentation on preview dvd for distribution
Portrait (1992) by Peter Bogers.  

How to re-install an installation?
3 Purpose: ‘art historical’ documentation; for professionals, research, knowledge exchange.
For example: Circle Puppets (1994) by Dennis Oppenheim  
Notion Motion (2006) by Olafur Eliason  
4 Purpose: re-installation
For example: Revolution (1990) by Jeffrey Shaw a.o.  
Outside / Inside (1982) by Madelon Hooykaas and Elsa Stansfield  

As sub-categories 1 and 2 are based more on experiencing an installation and could be combined. Sub-categories 3 and 4 are more research based and could be combined as well.

Circle Puppets, Notion Motion and Revolution were case studies within the Inside Installations project. To access more information about these works, click on the titles above.