Disregarding the traditional rules of movie making, video art challenges the conventions of spectatorship.

Some of the important figures:

• Andy Warhol
• Nam June Paik
• Peter Campus
• Ira Schneider and Frank Gillette
• Steina and Woody Vasulka
• Eric Siegel
• Bruce Conner
• Joan Jonas
• Vito Acconci
• Charles Atlas
• Bill Viola
• Paul Pfeiffer
• Pipilotti Rist
• Wolf Vostell (Germany)
• Dieter Froese (Germany)
• Wojciech Bruszewski (Poland)
• Wolf Kahlen (Germany)
• Peter Weibel (Austria)
• David Hall (UK)
• Lisa Steele (Canada)
• Colin Campbell (Canada)
• Matthew Barney