For my consideration...

August 27, 2010 12:44 PM

Inspired by this post, I'm looking for some recommendations on video artists to check out or resources that compile the work of video artists.

I really like this type of goofy campy stuff. I also like music videos. I own all of the Director's Series DVDS plus the music video collections of both Beastie Boys and Peter Gabriel, and the Amination Show DVDs. Some other visual goodness I like: Ren and Stimpy, Tim and Eric, Superjail, basically short-form, sort of absurd stuff. Throw your reccomendations at me, art people!

posted by WeekendJen to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation DVDs are rad.
posted by carsonb at 12:57 PM on August 27, 2010

From a video-mash-up perspective, not so campy but short-form and absurd anyway:
• Concrete TV (sex drugs rock & roll violence and the 80's)
• Larry Carlson (weird psychedelia)
• People Like Us (not as aggro or weird)
• Emergency Broadcast Network (Like Concrete TV but with a beat)
posted by not_on_display at 1:00 PM on August 27, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks, keep 'em coming. For more reference points, I also like Look Around You, Everything is Terrible, Upright Citizen's Brigade, Liquid Television, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and Wondershowzen.
posted by WeekendJen at 1:13 PM on August 27, 2010

Wholpin
posted by ezekieldas at 1:41 PM on August 27, 2010

It may be far more arty than you want but UbuWeb's Film and Video section is great.
posted by cropshy at 6:20 PM on August 27, 2010