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title: "From TV to the YouTube Age: Art and Commerce in Music Videos"
date: 2021-07-18
last_modified: 2024-11-16T15:05:45+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-10T06:01:43Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/from-tv-to-the-youtube-age-art-and-commerce-in-music-videos-distant-bodies-dancing-eyes-2021-context-en/"
description: "How the technological, medial and economic conditions of the music industry have changed is particularly evident in music videos. But what if the videos themselves are works of art?"
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/header_Schirn_Presse_Distant_Bodies_Dancing_Eyes_Kara_Walker___Ari_Marcopoulos__Banshee.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# From TV to the YouTube Age: Art and Commerce in Music Videos