Revisiting Video Art that May Inspire Your Creativity

Things are never what they seem when you have control over the visuals

Video creators have so much power when it comes to producing content that bends what we would objectively call a narrative style. Being a video producer means that you are in control of your audience — you control the eyes, the time, and the mind of the viewer. The tools we have access to, from iMovie to Adobe Premiere, are more powerful than we often think. We have control in our timelines to produce any possible conceptual outcome. Our cameras are not just devices to mimic our human eyes, but to bend the ability of what we can do. Cameras can be tools we use to manipulate angles, capture reality, archive and document.

In the age of the connected web, there’s been some absolutely standout videos that have changed the way I have thought about video in general. Since we are inside and have the time to enjoy some of the more creative content of the past decade and use it to inspire our creativity. The following is an annotated clips list of a variety of videos that I feel push the boundaries of video art from remix to mind benders to unrestrained artwork.

Remix

Kutiman-Thru-you

Kutiman is one of the most talented artists in the remix space. In this very classic YouTube piece, Kutiman collected clips from around YouTube to create a masterpiece.