Signals: How Video Transformed the World

The catalogue of MoMA's 2023 exhibition on video, which the museum describes as its first major publication on video art in nearly thirty years.

The book follows video from its debut as a consumer medium in the 1960s, through its spread across phones, screens, walls and streets. It draws on works from MoMA's collection and looks at artists who hoped video would build new networks of communication and public participation, and others who protested commercial and state control over information. Essays by Ina Blom, Aria Dean, David Joselit, Pamela M. Lee, Glenn Ligon and Ravi Sundaram cover the range of formats, contexts and reach of the medium. The exhibition ran from May to August 2023.

Michelle Kuo and Stuart Comer edited the volume, with further texts by Erika Balsom and Tiffany Sia. The artists include Ant Farm, Dara Birnbaum, Black Audio Film Collective, Dan Graham, Nam June Paik, Martha Rosler, Martine Syms, Marlon Riggs and Videofreex.