Documents of utopia : the politics of experimental documentary / Paolo Magagnoli.

9780231850773 (ebook) :

London : Wallflower Press, [2015]

©2015

1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

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This volume discusses the experimental documentary projects of some of the most significant artists working in the world today, including Hito Steyerl, Joachim Koester, Tacita Dean, Matthew Buckingham, Zoe Leonard, Jean-Luc Moulène, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead, and Anri Sala. It focuses on their films, videos, and photographic works that address failed utopian experiments and counter-hegemonic social practices. The book provides a critical examination of the recent turn toward documentary in the field of contemporary art.

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May 05, 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.