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This reader brings together the most insightful dialogues and critiques on the work of Johan Grimonprez (*1962 in Belgium) and assembles fragments of his film scripts for the very first time. Kobarweng or Where is Your Helicopter? strikes at the heart of what constitutes a bastard child of colonialism: the legacy of anthropological discourse. dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y unwraps the hidden dimensions of our mediatized culture in terms of the news spectacle and its cultivation of fear, oblivion, and catastrophe. Double Take uses the image of Alfred Hitchcock to navigate through disconcerting double images resulting from cinema and television, capitalism and communism, commercials and warfare. Maybe the Sky Is Really Green, and We’re Just Colorblind serves as sketchbook for Johan Grimonprez which he uses to expand on existing themes and explore new ones.
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This reader brings together the most insightful dialogues and critiques on the work of Johan Grimonprez (*1962 in Belgium) and assembles for the very first time, fragments of the film scripts. Kobarweng or Where is Your Helicopter? strikes at the heart of what constitutes a bastard child of colonialism: the legacy of anthropological discourse. dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y unwraps the hidden dimensions of our mediatized culture in terms of the news spectacle and its cultivation of fear, oblivion and catastrophe. Double Take uses the image of Alfred Hitchcock to navigate through a bedazzling doubling of cinema with television, capitalism with communism, and commercials with warfare. Maybe the Sky is Really Green, and We're Just Colorblind serves as sketchbook for Johan Grimonprez with which he expands on existing themes and explores new ones.
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Johan Grimonprez: It's a Poor Sort of Memory that Only Works Backwards
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Hatje Cantz, 2011
ISBN 10: 377573130X
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small 8vo bound in cloth. With squiggly drawing and signature by Grimonprez at front endpaper. Near Fine in like jacket with a small scuff at lower front panel. 344 pp. In black and white and color. Please inquire about overseas shipping prior to purchase. [OJ]. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1766857912906
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