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Bas Jan Ader Death Is Elsewhere
ISBN: PB: 9780226269856, ISBN: HB: 9780226038537, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
208 pp., 23x15 cm, 44 halftones
On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. He was bound for Falmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled "In Search of the Miraculous". The damaged boat was...
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£13,00
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Closed Circuits Screening Narrative Surveillance
ISBN: PB: 9780226201498, ISBN: HB: 9780226201214, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing
The recent uproar over NSA surveillance can obscure the fact that surveillance has been an indelible part of contemporary life for decades. And cinema has long been aware of its power – and potential for abuse. In "Closed Circuits", Garrett Stewart...
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£24,00
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£80,00
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Off-Screen Cinema Isidore Isou and the Lettrist Avant-Garde
ISBN: PB: 9780226174594, ISBN: HB: 9780226174457, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
192 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 90 halftones
One of the most important avant-garde movements in postwar Paris was Lettrism, which built an interest in the relations between writing and image in poetry, painting, and especially cinema. Highly influential, the Lettrists served as a bridge between...
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£20,50
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£64,00
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Soho Chronicles 10 Films by William Kentridge
ISBN: HB: 9780857421760, Seagull Books, February 2015
438 pp., 22x22 cm, illustrated in colour throughout
Over the last twenty years, William Kentridge has built a worldwide reputation as a contemporary artist, best known for his series of ten animated films created from charcoal drawings. The films introduced a significant character in contemporary fict...
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£112,50
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