INDIA: Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art - FotoFest
contemporary photographic and new media art
KORTE INHOUD
INDIA: Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art will present over 45 contemporary artists and collectives working in dialogue with the long history and emergent future of India and its people. The book will focus on the contemporary moment with a range of approaches, including art photography, new media, installation, moving image, journalism, and documentary photography. Themes include caste and class, the partitioning of the subcontinent, gender and sexuality, activism and conflict, religion, nationalism, new technologies and development, the environment, human settlement, and migration.
"As a large, multilingual subcontinent, India has always relied on images to maintain a cohesive whole across myriad subcultures, regions, castes and languages. The introduction of photomechanical imaging in the nineteenth century enabled the rapid reproduction and dissemination of both spiritual and scientific ideals," writes author and editor Sunil Gupta, continuing, "Photography for most of its history was too expensiv...
"As a large, multilingual subcontinent, India has always relied on images to maintain a cohesive whole across myriad subcultures, regions, castes and languages. The introduction of photomechanical imaging in the nineteenth century enabled the rapid reproduction and dissemination of both spiritual and scientific ideals," writes author and editor Sunil Gupta, continuing, "Photography for most of its history was too expensiv...
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2018Uitgever: Schilt Publishing300 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 291x227x29ISBN-10: 9053309004ISBN-13: 9789053309001Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Fotofest: Houston, 2018. Bound, 272pp. Illustrated, biographies. 23x287x2,8cm. In very good condition. [Parcel service]. [Categorie: Photography] [Auteur: Evans, Steven & Sunil Gupta (editors).] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: India/Contemporary photographic and New Media Art.]
