Doug Aitken. Notes for New Religion

Aitken, Doug,Heiser, Jorg,Grunwald, Henry

ISBN 10: 3775710604 / ISBN 13: 9783775710602

Published by Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2001

HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # M3775710604Z3

Synopsis:

The installation "Electric Earth," debuted at the 1999 Venice Biennale, brought international recognition to the video and media artist Doug Aitkin. In the piece, a dancer roams a transitory realm of wasted landscapes. Aitken, whose protagonists are usually natural landscapes and cityscapes, here links the electrified structures of our urban world with the nervous system of the human body. The piece, with its pop-surrealist overtones, also reveals Aitken's roots as a director of music videos. This artist's book, laid out in a landscape format, presents fascinating views of natural and urban lanscapes and structures from the video. Gijs van Tuyl, in his essay, writes, "You don't have to look through it passively from A to Z...it offers up a space in which the reader can move freely...in order to create a story in the here and now, in the flow of time."

Bibliographic Details

Title: Doug Aitken. Notes for New Religion
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good