Video art installations, long a staple of the modern-art museum, don’t typically have a lot in common with the movies — movies are seen on large screens in dark auditoriums in a gathering of hundreds of strangers, while video art is more often viewed in a smallish room, from benches or uncomfortable chairs, under less-than-ideal conditions. The effect is more like watching TV in your basement than going to the cinema.
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