Alien Nation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1899846476 ISBN 13: 9781899846474

Publisher: Institute of International Visual Arts (INIVA), 2006

Synopsis

An exploration of the complex relationship between science fiction, race and contemporary art.

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Synopsis

Artists: Laylah Ali, Hamad Butt, Ellen Gallagher and Edgar Cleijne, David Huffman, Hew Locke, Marepe, Henna Nadeem, Kori Newkirk, Yinka Shonibare, Eric Wesley, and Mario Ybarra Jr, texts by Jens Hoffmann, John Gill and Gilane Tawadros, David Mellor, Cylena Simonds and Claire Fitzsimmons. "Alien Nation" is a timely exploration of the complex relationship between science fiction, race and contemporary art. Much has been written about the connection between sci-fi cinema of the 1950s and '60s and the Cold War, where fear of invasion, communism and nuclear war was played out in films that projected the anxieties of the present onto the future. In recent years many artists have similarly used science fiction and extra-terrestrial forms as a way of exploring racial difference and as a potent metaphor for the threat of the outsider. Lavishly illustrated with images of artists' works, original film posters, film-stills and contextual photos from the 1950s and '60s, this book spans fact and fiction, science and art to investigate our innermost fears and fantasies about the outsider. It is published to accompany the exhibition, "Alien Nation", jointly organised by inIVA and the ICA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of International Visual Arts (INIVA)
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1899846476
• ISBN 13: 9781899846474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Gill John, Hoffman Jens, Tawadros Gilane