The Cinema Effect Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image
Essays by Kerry Brougher, Anne Ellegood, Kelly Gordon and Kristen Hileman. With a chronology of the moving image by Tony Oursler
Published by GILES in association with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Available in North America and Canada exclusively from Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Publish Date — February 2008 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 176 pages, 240mm x 280mm (11 x 9 ½ in.), landscape
Illustrations — 150 colour illustrations
Hardback price — UK£27.50/US$65.00
ISBN — 1-904832-50-4
ISBN — 978-1-904832-50-8
Book Details (pdf) — Cinema_Effect_AI.pdf
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Press Release — Stunning visual exploration of the impact of...
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Features the work of Matthew Buckingham, Candice Breitz, Paul Chan, Phil Collins, Bruce Conner, Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Kota Ezawa, Omer Fast, Christoph Girardet, Rodney Graham, Gary Hill, Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, Pierre Huyghe, Runa Islam, Isaac Julien, Steve McQueen, Kelly Richardson and Andy Warhol, among others
Features an illustrated chronology of the moving image by internationally renowned video artist Tony Oursler
About the Book
The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image offers the first in-depth two-part exploration of the influence of cinema on contemporary moving-image art, and explores the way in which this medium has blurred cultural distinctions between reality and illusion.
After an overview of the project, Part I, Dreams, discusses how moving-image work has shifted from the margins to the center of art production, and considers the ways in which artists compel or challenge the suspension of disbelief. Part II, Realisms, shifts the focus to cinema’s pervasiveness and looks at the work of emerging artists and influential international artists, including Omer Fast, Gay Hill, Runa Islam, Isaac Julien, Anothony McCall, Steve McQueen, Tony Oursler, and Andy Warhol among others. At the heart of Realisms is the irony that the difference between fact and fiction has become increasingly difficult to determine.
