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The book is a collection of essays and images that inspired Zoe Beloffs video installation, The Somnambulists 2008. Comprised of five miniature wooden theaters into which moving images are projected, her work centers on the idea of staging the unconscious . Each theater presents a hysterical drama. These include History of a Fixed Idea and A Modern Case of Possession in which two patients of the famous French psycho-pathologist Pierre Janet, express their delusions in song. Other theaters present the ghostly specters of actual hysterics filmed by doctors a hundred years ago. The texts and images included in the book illuminate the complex interweaving of ideas from psychology, writing, performance, art, and moving-image technology at the end of the 19th century. It begins with an introduction to the Players; brief biographies of the scholars, artists, and performers who appear in this volume. The texts include Pierre Janets case study of the writer Raymond Roussel, the Surrealists celebration of hysteria as the greatest poetical invention of the 19th century in The Fiftieth Anniversary of Hysteria and the pioneering psychic researcher Frederic W.H. Myers commentary on Janets contribution to the discovery of the unconscious. Also included are rarely seen photographs by Albert von Schrenck Notzing of artistic production under the influence of hypnosis including images of the celebrated dream dancer Magdelaine G. Included with the book is a DVD-ROM in which Beloffs installation can be viewed as an interactive work for Mac and PC.
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- PublisherChristine Burgin
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0615219152
- ISBN 13 9780615219158
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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The Somnambulists: A Compendium Of Source Material (with DVD data disk)
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Christine Burgin New York 2008, 2008
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22.5 x 15.0cms 112pp b/w illusts very good+ paperback & dustwrapper The DVD has 5 miniature wooden theatres & projected movies. Each theatre presents an hysterical drama. Two of Pierre Janet's patients express their delusions in song and the other theatres present other doctors' films of actual hysterics (late 19th & early 20th century). The book has the essays and images that inspired the installation. Seller Inventory # 20467029
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The Somnambulists
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. New paperback in a VG+ dust jacket. Signed by Zoe Beloff. Top 1/4 of dust jacket is lightly, but noticeably sun-faded, front, back, and spine. ; 8.60 X 5.80 X 0.60 inches. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 37354
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover, with dust jacket. DVD Data disc included. 8vo(5.75 x 8.75 in.). Book is actually in pure white wraps with a light blue pictorial jacket that folds onto it. Unusual. It is in good blemish-free condition but does show some fading from sun exposure. Contents of the book all relate to an installation with projected images. See attached image of the artist's explanation of the production. Seller Inventory # 001808
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Stiff Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair to Good. Illustrated B&W Photographs (illustrator). The original DVD is Included with this edition. Pages are clean, tiht and bright. Unfortunately the dust jacket's cover has about four very noticeable coffee(?) rings. 0615219152. Seller Inventory # 6020321
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