As technology advances, art is making sorties in new domains like video and computers. Video art is gradually taking off in India with the increasing popularity of digital technology.
Photographer Ajay Rajgarhia's Wonderwall recently presented a Showcase of Video Installations - a collection of video images and installation art in the capital. The show featured photographers and artists like Ravi Agarwal, Adrian Fisk, Priyanka Dasgupta and Sukanya Ghosh.
According to Rajgarhia, video art, which primarily comprises videotaped images of artwork, installations and graphics, is now finding a market in India.
'It is still nascent but a lot of people buy tapes of video art as drawing room entertainment. They install large television screens to project the images. It forms an effective backdrop for parties,' Rajgarhia told IANS.
The highlight of the show, gauging by the public reaction, was a collage on China depicting the aspirations of the Chinese youth. It was a wish fulfilment package called 'In Transit' that documents the desires of China's young lot such as a good job, education, gadgets and plots of land to till. It threw valuable insight into the country.
The first video art works were created in the West in 1960s. A select group of galleries in India are helping to promote it.
