Restless Subject: Inselwesen - Softcover

Agi, Tadashi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3868280472 ISBN 13: 9783868280470

Publisher: KEHRER VERLAG, 2009

Synopsis

Turner Prize nominee Runa Islam's work revolves around the medium of film. Born in Bangladesh in 1970 and currently living and working in London, she deconstructs linear narrative patterns and time sequences. Her work questions the filmic illusion, laying bare the political structures that underpin society. Through detailed interviews, Islam discusses her work of the past five years - including her new films.

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About the Author

Runa Islam (born 1970) is a Bangladesh born artist based in London, and was a nominee for the 2008 Turner Prize. She is principally known for her film works. She attended the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam from 1997 - 1998. In 1999 she exhibited at EASTinternational which was selected by Peter Doig and Roy Arden. She completed an MPhil at the Schmidt is curator at the Museum Folkwang Essen. Varanadis is curator at Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland.

From the Back Cover

In her new work, InselWesen, Mila Teshaieva brings us to the inner world of the Föhr Island, whose inhabitants keep an almost sacred connection to their traditions and to nature. This connection is also complex: once an isolated spot in the North Sea, the island is now trying to protect its unique identity from assimilation and disappearance. Developing the work over the course of two years as Artist-in-Residence at the Museum Kunst der Westku¨ste, Föhr, the artist interacted closely with islanders and was accepted into the inner circles of island life. Created in a style reminiscent of old paintings, the work forms the island as an imaginary world, at the same time underlining a touching fragility of its real essence.
Mila Teshaieva (b. 1974 in Ukraine) is an award-winning photographer living in Berlin. Her photographs have been exhibited worldwide, with recent shows at the Haggerty Museum of Art and the Museum Kunst der Westku¨ste, and are kept in several public and private collections. InselWesen is her second book at Kehrer Verlag, following Promising Waters (2013).

Edition details

• Publisher: KEHRER VERLAG
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3868280472
• ISBN 13: 9783868280470
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168