Documents of Utopia the politics of experimental documentary / Paolo Magagnoli.

Author/creator Magagnoli, Paolo
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Wallflower Press, [2015]
Descriptionviii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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SeriesNonfictions
Nonfictions. ^A796479
Contents 1 Ruins of Utopia -- 2 Reinventing propaganda films -- 3 Archives of commodities -- 4 Digital Utopia in the post-internet age.
Abstract "This timely volume discusses the experimental documentary projects of some of the most significant artists in today's global art world: Hito Steyerl, Joachim Koester, Tacita Dean, Matthew Buckingham, Zoe Leonard, Jean-Luc Moulène, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead, and Anri Sala. Their films, videos, and photographic series address the history of failed Utopian experiments and counter-hegemonic social practices. This study illustrates the political significance of these artistic practices and offers a crucial contribution to the debate on the conditions of Utopian thinking in late capitalist society, arguing that contemporary artists' interest in the past is the result of a shift within the temporal organization of the Utopian imagination from its futuristic pole toward the pole of remembrance. This book therefore provides one of the first critical examinations of the recent turn towards documentary in the field of contemporary art." -- Back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 165-178) and index.
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LCCN 2015506517
ISBN9780231172707 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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ISBN9780231172714 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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