Ontology of the artistic language in video

The aim of this study is, while researching the video art historically, to examine the processes that lie behind it. While television aesthetics is considered in terms of contributions to video art, the points where video opposes television are determined. By using a comparative method between television and video, it is ensured that the difference between the two instruments is understood. The link between video art and Fluxus has been demonstrated within the framework of the movement's artists. Video artists' using the device according to their own opinions, has led to polyphonic narratives. This situation brought about the linguistic diversity in video art. In the thesis, these approaches in video art were analysed accompanied with theorists. Interdisciplinary art processes were discussed after the views on the coexistence of disciplines were included. These processes were evaluated through examples of video art. The transition of the viewer from being passive to being active was explored and in this context, interactive art and video art has been examined through different ideas. After the characteristics of the postmodern period were stated, the social structure of this period was mentioned. The points where post-industrial society is distinguished from industrial and pre-industrial social structures were explained. Concepts used in the context of postmodern art were rendered visible through the works produced by the artists. Postmodern perception in video art has been determined.