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Agents of Liberations: Holocaust Memory in Contemporary Art and Documentary Film book cover

1st Edition

Agents of Liberations Holocaust Memory in Contemporary Art and Documentary Film

By Zoltán Kékesi Copyright 2015
228 Pages
by Central European University Press

The book explores representations of the Holocaust in contemporary art practices. Through carefully selected art projects, the author illuminates the specific historical, cultural, and political circumstances that influence the way we speak--or do not speak--about the Holocaust. The book's international focus brings into view film projects made by key artists reflecting critically upon forms of... Read more

Introduction Part I: The Politics of Testimony Chapter 1 The Reappropriation of Violence: The Speech of the Resistance Fighters, Claude Lanzmann: Shoah (1985) and Sobibór, 14 October 1943, 4pm (2001(, Chapter 2 The Restoration of Difference: The Speech of the Perpetrator, Claude Lanzmann: Shoah (1985) Part II: The Archive, In Spite of All Chapter 3 The Melancholy of the Archive Chapter 4 The Afterlife of Images, Harun Farocki: Respite (2007), Chapter 5 Mediating the Perpetrator’s Speech, Romuald Karmakar: The Himmler Project (2000), Chapter 6 In the Leading Role: Adolf Eichmann, Eyal Sivan: The Specialist (1999) Part III: Site and Speech Chapter 7 The Erasure of the Trace: The Restoration of Meaning, Artur Żmijewski: 80064 (2004), Chapter 8 Trauma and Simulacra, Omer Fast: Spielberg’s List (2003), Chapter 9 From the Culture of Grief to the Politics of Imagination, Yael Bartana: Polish Trilogy (2007–2011), Chapter 10 Agents of Liberation Clemens von Wedemeyer: Rushes (2012), Bibliography, Index

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Zoltán Kékesi

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