Jorinde Seijdel

Jan Debbaut

Jeroen Eisinga

Focusing on Eisinga's three latest films, this book reveals the deceptively simple world of his work. Eisinga deliberately uses cliches and obvious literary devices in order to challenge the viewer and put him on the wrong track. The apparent naivete and humor in his films beguile the viewer but also produce a feeling of painful self-awareness. With a melange of mysticism and realism that recalls such filmmakers as Chris Marker and Andrei Tarkovsky -- as well as novelists like Franz Kafka and Alain Robbe-Grillet -- Eisinga's minimalist fables bring us to disturbing conclusions but also point to the possibility of stepping outside of the prison-like confines of the everyday. This book also features an essay by Jan Debbaut that takes a profound look at the philosophical and aesthetic implications of Eisinga's work.

Idiot

Public space is not only visually but also acoustically manifest: public nature is a function of visibility and audibility. Including the role of sound in reflections on public space and in its actual design is therefore as necessary as considering the visual. In n0. 9 there are essays about the way in which sound and audio media play an aesthetic, ethical or political role in contemporary urban space. This issue illustrates how radio is undergoing a veritable cultural and artistic revival and how sound is deployed in art in relation to social or spatial surroundings. This issue presents work by international artists and also includes an mp3 disc with sonic artworks and interviews.

Sound in Art and Culture

Sound

Open 10: (In)tolerance ISBN 90-5662-492-X / 978-90-5662-492-7 Paperback, / pgs / / U.S. CDN $36.00 August / Nonfiction and Criticism

vrijheid van meningsuiting in kunst en cultuur

(In)tolerantie

How can cultural heritage be made accessible without resisting new developments, or turning city and countryside into a museum? What is the impact of the media and digital storage techniques on the social and historic process of remembrance? And what is the role of art in all this? Here, leading authors, artists, architects and theorists answer these and other questions through numerous essays--some photographic, book reviews and project documentation of works that address issues of progress and remembrance.

Jorinde Seijdel

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