Research On The Multiple Expressions Of Time In Video Installation Art

Video installation art is a branch of new media art,and it is a combination of video art and installation art.The video language between video and film is used as the medium of communication.With its unique video experiment,installation space,artistic concept and on-site interaction,it attracts the audience to experience the unique creativity of video installation art in a specific environment.The integration makes the video installation art have a diversified artistic language and conceptual expression.Time is an important theme throughout art history.Art works involving various media,methods and concepts have all explored the issue of time.These differences can be seen from the philosophy of time reincarnation conveyed by Eastern Hinduism and Buddhism,to the linear view of time conveyed by Western Judaism and Christianity,to the relativity and simultaneity view of time proposed and promoted by modern science with the help of new technology.Therefore,the sense of time conveyed by different art forms and works of art is completely different.From the perspective of art history,visual artworks mostly take the most common static forms-painting,sculpture,brocade,pottery,photography,etc.Artists who want to express the concept of time in static works can only portray time through symbols or metaphors.The birth of video installation art broke the traditional concept of single visual expression and perception,mixed with its unique concepts to weave and reorganize,allowing the audience to become participants in the work,thereby obtaining a richer sense of vision,hearing,touch and other sensory experiences.This article will collect,sort,summarize and classify the Chinese and foreign video installation art works that appeared after the 1960 s.Research on video installations in terms of the way of time exists in static plastic art,the way of expression of time in the context of media fusion in the context of contemporary art,the reconstruction of the way of expression of time in video installation art,and the combination of movement and static in video installation art.What is the difference between the processing and expression of time in art and the past,so as to deeply understand the exploration of the diversified expression of time and the characteristics of time in video installation art.