Sichtspiele
Subtitle: films and video art from the Wemhöner Collection with: Julian Charrière, Isaac Julien, Masbedo, Michael Najjar, Hans Op de Beeck, Alexandra Ranner, Julian Rosefeldt, Erik Schmidt, Yang Fudong
By: editor: Philipp Bollmann ; texts: Michael Ostheimer ; translation: Ann Marie Bohan
Contributors: Charrière, Julian, 1987- artist; Julien, Isaac, artist; Najjar, Michael, 1966- artist; Beeck, Hans Op de, 1969- artist; Ranner, Alexandra, artist; Rosefeldt, Julian, artitst; Schmidt, Erik, artist; Fudong, Yang, artist; Bollmann, Philipp, editor; Bohan, Ann Marie, translator; Masbedo (Art Group)
Publisher: DISTANZ; Die Gestalten Verlag
Published: 2018
Place of publication: [Germany]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783954762538
Subjects: Modern Art; Private collections; Play in art; Video art; Motion pictures
Other titles: Films and video art from the Wemhöner Collection; Films and video art from the Wemhoener Collection
Description: A productive and receptive treatment of film imagery has been around since the early 20th century. The anthropological figure homo ludens has also contributed to the victory of the visual media, in that the key activities of communal human life - communication through language, interpretation of the world, the fostering of community - are all influenced by play. In this sense, art is a form of play turned into form, with content. Sichtspiele presents film and video. All the works included in the publication create a playful tension between visual representation and compositional form. The book reacts with innovation to the challenges of translating the medium of moving imagery into an art book: on the one hand, it shows stills as visual markers for pictorial dynamics, and on the other, image sequences of each work can be 'set into motion' using an app for the cell phone or tablet. 'Sichtspiele' is an interactive film book that offers the possibility to see moving images
Notes: Includes bibliographical references