Emanuel Licha: Now Have a Look at This Machine (English and French Edition)

Lesley Johnstone; Volker Patenburg; Susan Schuppli

ISBN 10: 2551256941 / ISBN 13: 9782551256945

Published by MAC Montreal, 2017

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In French and English. New in shrinkwrap.

Seller Inventory # 80174oz

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Emanuel Licha: Now Have a Look at This Machine (English and French Edition)
• Publisher: MAC Montreal
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 2551256941
• ISBN 13: 9782551256945
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

Beirut, Sarajevo, Gaza, Kiev, Belgrade - these places are indelibly linked to war and conflict in the modern era. In the minds of most Westerners, they also exist in a hazy mix of fact and fiction. Between official government statements and unofficial reports of attacks, riots, uprisings and reprisals, reality on the ground is hard to determine. So, how can we know what we know? The question resonates through the work of filmmaker and artist, Emanuel Licha, who has spent the past 10 years exploring the front-line perspectives of both participants and journalists. Published to accompany a nationally traveling exhibition, this publication documents an installation version of Licha’s creative documentary Hotel Machine. Filmed in the hotels and safe-havens that house war correspondents, the film is presented in a central space surrounded by five adjacent archive stations, which through texts, images and other documents explore aspects of the concept of the “war hotel.”

About the Author

Lesley Johnstone is curator and Head of Exhibitions and Education at the Musée and has authored monographs on Lynne Marsh, Eve Sussman and Liz Magor. Volker Pantenburg is Professor of Film Studies at Freie Universität, Berlin and author of Farocki/Godard: Film as Theory (2015) and Cinematographic Objects: Things and Operations (2015). He is co-founder of the Harun Farocki Institut.?Susan Schuppli is a U.K.-based artist and Senior Lecturer and Acting Director of the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London.