THE METHODOLOGY OF VIDEOART STUDIES IN ART HISTORY IN RUSSIA

The article is devoted to the review of methodological tools used by Russian specialists in videoart studies. The paper identifies key problems of conducting cognitive activity regarding videoart within conceptual and subject-conceptual discourses, as well as classifies various approaches used by Russian art historians in the study of video artworks. The results obtained allow us to record the current amplitude of variability of researchers’ reflection in relation to video art within Russian art history. The conclusions reached can be used to simplify the entry of novice scholars who are focused on videoart into the existing research tradition, but at the same time, to further problematize it and search for more optimal cognitive strategies for understanding this specific form of screen art.