Steve Bannon
Subtitle: a propaganda retrospective
By: by Jonas Staal
Contributors: Bannon, Stephen K.; Nieuwe Instituut
Publisher: Het Nieuwe Instituut; Studio Jonas Staal
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Rotterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9789082906301
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Exhibitions; Propaganda in art; Video art; 20.10 art and society: general
Other titles: Propaganda retrospective
Description: This publication accompanies the eponymous exhibition project by artist Jonas Staal that offers an overview of the artistic, cultural, and political work of Stephen K. Bannon, best known as campaign manager and advisor for US President Donald Trump. Less well known is Bannon's work as a filmmaker. Between 2004 and 2016 he directed nine documentary films in a style he has termed "kinetic cinema". Together they sketch a grim profile of a world on the brink of disaster, beset by economic crisis, secular hedonism, and Islamic fundamentalism. The book deconstructs the mechanisms of propaganda, showing how Trumpism was decades in the making through Bannon's work. Exhibition: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (20.04.-23.09.2018).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, April 20-September 23, 2018.