Art as a political witness / Kia Lindroos, Frank Möller (eds.).

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Opladen : Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2017.
Description
239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

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    "The book explores the concept of artistic witnessing as political activity. In which ways may art and artists bear witness to political events? The Contributors engage with dance, film, photography, performance, poetry and theatre and explore artistic witnessing as political activity in a wide variety of case studies."--Publisher description.
    Notes
    International conference proceedings.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • Witnessing in Contemporary Art and Politics / Kia Lindroos and Frank Möller
    • Image Control in the Age of Terror / Louie Palu
    • The Body Remembers: Dance, Discourses of Citizenship, Phenomenology and Memory / Dana Mills
    • Chris Marker as Cinematic Witness / Kia Lindroos
    • Embodied Witnessing: Indigenous Performance Art as Political Dissent / Sally Butler and Roland Bleiker
    • Art as Remembrance and Trace in Post-Conflict Latin America / Cynthia E. Milton
    • Achrafiyeh Invaded
    • The Politics of Fear in a Visual Representation of the Lebanese Factionalism / Bruno Lefort
    • Witnessing Language: Charles Bernstein and 9/11 / Tommi Kotonen
    • Bearing Witness and Playing in Ruins: On the Onto-Poetics of Abandoned Places / Suvi Alt
    • Children Witnessing War: Emotions Embodied in the Theatre Play Wij/Zij / Susanna Hast
    • The Violence of Witnessing / Frank Möller.
    ISBN
    • 9783847405801 ((paperback))
    • 3847405802 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    973875208
    International Article Number
    • 9783847405801
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