Your history with me: the films of Penny Siopis

"Your History with Me is a collection of essays on the work of South African artist and filmmaker Penny Siopis. This is the first book to focus on her work, and specifically her oeuvre of short experimental films, produced from 1997-2021. Drawing on found and new footage, her video essays creat...

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Weitere Verfasser: Nuttall, Sarah (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 2024
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Zusammenfassung:"Your History with Me is a collection of essays on the work of South African artist and filmmaker Penny Siopis. This is the first book to focus on her work, and specifically her oeuvre of short experimental films, produced from 1997-2021. Drawing on found and new footage, her video essays create short, profoundly moving works that function as a densely encrypted account of historical time and memory, touching on contemporary themes of gender and power and their cryptic and visceral elements. The collection's contributors range from Achille Mbembe and Griselda Pollock to artists John Akomfrah and William Kentridge and tackle subjects such as the history of Greeks in South Africa, trauma and cultural memory, Siopis's relationship with the French New Wave and cinécriture, and the ways her films comment on apartheid"--
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (493 Seiten)
ISBN:9781478059417
DOI:10.1215/9781478059417

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