Attempts to reveal how, why, and under what circumstances many of the early video artworks made in Norway came about – and what makes them important for posterity. Through conversations with artists Marianne Heske, Terje Munthe, Kjell Bjorgeengen, Inghild Karlsen and others, Paasche tries to find out what their points of reference were, and what conceptions of art they were challenging.

Marit Paasche holds an PhD in art history from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and she is the former head of research at the Norwegian Video Art Archive. She works as an independent curator and writer and her research interests span a vast area including art historiography, modernism, feminism and American and European contemporary art with a particular focus on video art and experimental film.

Harcover, published in 2014, 190 pages. Illustrations in color and black & white.