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Experimental videos. big mood for. experimental videos are just that, experiments. They’re art. They’re thoughtful. They’re through provoking.

Experimental videos break from codes and conventions, to bring something that doesn't stick to the normal patter of things. It has been the bearer of some brilliant things, some not so amazing, and others that just defy understanding 

par example: this video of someone making a shirt design.  (T-SHIRT by Jamie Swarbrick) another example: Colour Bandits by PJ Liguori, which consists of a man standing in a void of colour, devoid of colour, become vibrant. 

in the world of video media, there are a lot of experimenters. the earliest being those such as the Lumieres Brothers, and George Melies. Those who pioneered the craft of video/film making. they were the ones that experimented to give rise to the the codes and conventions for all manor of genres, and types. nowadays, the practitioners are all about breaking rules.   a major ‘rule break’ is one of the narrative/non narrative. experimental videos can have a story. they can have a start middle and end, and the  experiment is how you get from point a to point b a non narrative video experiment on the other hand, does t have the point a to point b to include, so theres a lot more freedom to do with as you please. example?

 a difference between  the pioneers of the past and present is technology, whereas previously, a lot of experimenting was done by more affluent people, and people already in the world of film, the fact technology has come along, means many more people have access to the art form.  theres are arguments to be made, in regards to experimental video now and in history, as: historically, ‘what can we show’ whereas now? ‘what can we do?’