Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. * A critical investigation of the visual media and selected video artworks which contributes to the understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art * The only study specifically devoted to theorizing the medium of video from the perspective of prominent characteristics which result from how video works deal with time, space, representation, and narrative * The text has emerged out of the author s own lectures and seminars on video art * Offers a comparative approach which students find especially useful, offering new perspectives