Sabine Eckmann
In the Aftermath of Trauma: Contemporary Video Installations
2014
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Sabine Eckmann with contributions by Rakhee Balaram, Svea Bräunert, and Ila N. Sheren
The history of the 20th and early 21st centuries is one that is scarred by incomprehensibly violent events with far-reaching effects. It is an era of world wars, totalitarian mass terror, social and ethnic cleansing, revolutions, civil wars, radical uprootings, and terrorism. In the Aftermath of Trauma: Contemporary Video Installations examines the work of five video artists from around the world who employ their medium to explore individual and collective memories of traumatic occurrences. Deeply invested in the human subject and its status in today’s world, the themes and aesthetic strategies of these videos are directly tied to violent political histories that challenge belief in an enlightened and emancipated humanity.
Paper 112 pp.
ISBN 978-0-936316-38-3
Distributed by University of Chicago Press