Cinema Effect, The: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image - Hardcover

Brougher, Kerry; Gordon, Kelly; Ellegood, Anne; Hileman, Kristen; Oursler, Tony

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ISBN 10: 1904832504 ISBN 13: 9781904832508

Verlag: D Giles Ltd, 2008

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This volume offers an in-depth exploration of contemporary moving-image art, examining the ways in which "the cinematic" has blurred cultural distinctions between reality and illusion. Cinema was the unrivaled art form of the twentieth century; in the art world, the use of film and video and the appropriation of cinematic language and devices for works in a range of media have been growing since the early 1960s. In the realm of popular culture, the influence of this technology and its vocabulary have grown to the point where the boundaries between "real life" and make-believe are at the least blurred and at most indecipherable. Opening with Kerry Brougher's overview of the cultural, social and psychological issues raised by The Cinema Effect, the book divides into two parts which reflect the opposing poles of cinema, and the roles they play in art and contemporary culture. The first section, Dreams, opens with a discussion by Kelly Gordon of how and why moving-image work has shifted from the margins to the center of art production. This essay considers the analogous relationship between cinema technology and the psychology of dreams, as well as the ways in which artists compel or challenge suspension of disbelief. The second section, Realisms, shifts the focus to the larger societal impact of the pervasiveness of cinema, looking at the work of emerging artists. In this section Anne Ellegood examines issues of subjectivity and identity in the featured artists' work and Kristen Hileman explores the complex issue of authenticity.

Biografía del autor

Kerry Brougher is Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. He has curated numerous exhibitions, including Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film since 1945 (1996), Notorious: Alfred Hitchcock and Contemporary Art (1999) and Visual Music (2005).

Anne Ellegood is Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, where she recently curated The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas (2006)

Kelly Gordon is Associate Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and curated the recent exhibitions in the Museum's Black Box, including those for Hiraki Sawa, Jesper Just and Francis Alÿs.

Kristen Hileman is Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and has curated Directions-Oliver Herring and Directions-Cai Guo-Qiang.

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• Verlag: D Giles Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1904832504
• ISBN 13: 9781904832508
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 175