Tarek Elhaik

The Incurable-Image

Curating Post-Mexican Film and Media Arts

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Produktbeschreibung

An inquiry into the convergences of avant-garde film, trans-cultural media arts, experimental ethnography and curatorial practice in contemporary Mexico

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 162mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9781474403351
• ISBN-10: 1474403352
• Artikelnr.: 43345772

Autorenporträt

Tarek Elhaik is assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis and a film curator. His writings have appeared in books and journals and he has curated several programs and symposia on avant-garde cinema from Latin America and the Arab World. He is also part of a collaborative team of researchers, hosted by the Los Angeles Film Forum and funded by the Getty Foundation, currently curating an anthology and various platforms on experimental media in Latin America.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: States of Curation
1: Curatorial Work
2: The Incurable-Image
3: Roger Bartra: Intrusion & Melancholia
4: Post-Mexican Fugue (Farewell to ¡Que Viva Mexico!)
5: The Incurable Park: Fundidora
6: Untimely Futures
Epilogue
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index