Jan Verwoert Knihy

An in-depth look at the iconic work of the internationally recognized photographer.

The current economic situation and society’s low confidence in its institutions demands that artists become more imaginative in their self-organization. If labels such as ‘alternative,’ ‘non-profit’ and ‘artist-run’ dominated the self-organized art scene of the late nineties, the separatist position implied by the use of these terms has been moderated during the intervening years. This new anthology of accounts from the frontline includes contributions by artist practitioners as well as their institutional counterparts providing a fascinating account of the art world as a matrix of positions where the balance of power and productivity constantly shifts. Artists, curators and critics discuss empirical and theoretical approaches from Europe, Africa and South and North America on how self-organization today oscillates between the self and the group, self-imposed bureaucratization and flexibility, aestheticization and activism.

This publication attempts to map the visual approach of one of Germany's foremost documentary filmmakers, Harun Farocki (born 1944). Unlike other, more theoretical publications on his work, Diagrams looks at still images to trace specific movements and patterns in ten Farocki films.

In over de toekomst en de kunstenaarsinitiatieven reflecteren kunstenaars, (inter)nationale curatoren en schrijvers op de rol van kunstenaarsinitiatieven in deze tijd en op nieuwe vormen van samen denken en samen werken.Het boek biedt droom- en denkmodellen voor iedereen in de kunstwereld en daarbuiten, en wil een bijdrage leveren aan een levendig debat over de betekenis van kunstenaarsinitiatieven. Hoe spelen ze in op een werekd in verandering en hoe verhouden ze zich tot de lokale gemeenschap?

The art of the 1980s and 90s can seem like an impenetrable tangle of isms that are alarmingly diverse and mutually contradictory. In the post-postmodern age, anything and everything goes. The new generation of artists has a penchant for venturing into territory not traditionally associated with high art, and designers, architects and film-makers can be found at the cutting edge. This book offers a broad overview of the international art scene at the end of the twentieth century. Four pages are devoted to each of the 137 artists featured, all of whom are listed alphabetically. Their work is introduced with pithy commentaries and displayed in more than 1,200 illustrations, documenting the latest trends in art. As the millennium draws to a close, this guide suggests directions in which the art of the future might be heading.

This publication functions as a testament to the variety of innovation in the rediscovered chapter of Polish experimental filmmaking and art during the cold-war years. 1,2,3...Avant-Gardes represents an exhibition and research project dedicated to the history of experimental film and art, and to the interaction between these two fields. The juxtaposition between the work of renowned Polish avant-garde filmmakers and international contemporary artists is categorized into five themes: Analytical Strategies, Political Film, Sound and Image, Imagination, Games and Participation, and Consumption. The text contextualizes the films convincingly into these concepts which are reinforced with artists projects/pages. Contemporary contributors include The Bernadette Corporation, Matthew Buckingham, Judith Hopf and Katrin Pesch, Igor Krenz, Jonathan Monk, Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij, and Wilhelm Sasnal. Finally, the outstanding history of Polish avant-garde film is presented in an archive containing descriptions of more than thirty films produced between 1920 and 1970.