Warte Mal!: Prostitution After the Velvet Revolution - Hardcover

Siden, Ann-Sofi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853322253 ISBN 13: 9781853322259

Verlag: National Touring Exhibitions (Hayward Gallery), 1999

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Fine copy in the original color printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 143 pages; Description: 143 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Video art --Sweden, Exhibitions --Prostitutes --Czech Republic, Interviews --Dubi (Czech Republic) --Social life and customs, Exhibitions --Women Artists --Video --Installation Art --Visual Arts.

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As drivers on the road from Dresden to Prague cross the German border into the Czech Republic, they pass through the frontier town of Dubi. In all seasons, day and night, women line the roadside. Desperate to attract attention, they shriek at the drivers of passing vehicles 'Warte Mall' (Hey Wait!). Dubi was once a resort, renowned for its spas. In the wake of the 'Velvet Revolution' - the events which led to the collapse of Communism in Czechoslovakia - economic instability and Dubi's location close to the economic powerhouse of Germany transformed the town into a notorious destination for sex tourists form the West. Exactly 10 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, throughout 1999, Ann-Sofi Siden, a visual artist, and filmmaker, made prolonged trips to Dubi documenting her stay through video, photography, a written diary and an extensive series of video-interviews - detailed and often harrowing testimonies of the experiences of the players in the business of prostitution: clients, police, pimps and the prostitutes themselves. It is this material which compromises Warte Mall, a 13 channel DVD installation that has been shown as a 'walk-in documentary' in several major museums in Europe. Siden has made an acute and disturbing exploration of the way in which lives of individuals are bound up in the accidents and complexities of political history. This illustrated catalogue includes a preface by Susan Ferleger Brades, interviews, an essay by Robert Fleck and artist's biography.

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• Verlag: National Touring Exhibitions (Hayward Gallery)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1853322253
• ISBN 13: 9781853322259
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Herausgeber: Fleck Robert