DOCUMENTARY /ANGLAIS (DOCUMENTS OF CO)

The revival of documentary in art considered in historical theoretical and contemporary contexts. After a long period in eclipse documentary has undergone a marked revival in recent art. This has been spurred by two phenomena: the exhibition of photographic and video work on political issues at Documenta and numerous biennials; and increasing attention to issues of injustice violence and trauma in the war zones of the endemically conflict-ridden twenty-first century. The renewed attention to photography and video in the gallery and museum world has helped make documentary one of the most prominent modes of art-making today. Unsurprisingly this development has been accompanied by a rich strain of theoretical and historical writing on documentary. This anthology provides a much-needed contextual grounding for documentary art. It explores the roots of documentary in modernism and its critique under postmodernism; surveys current theoretical thinking about documentary; and examines a wide range of work by artists within around or against documentary through their own writings and interviews. Artists surveyed include: Kutlug Ataman Ursula Biemann Hasan Elahi Harun Farocki Omer Fast Joan Fontcuberta Regina Jose Galindo David Goldblatt Craigie Horsfield Alfredo Jaar Emily Jacir Lisa F. Jackson Philip Jones Griffiths An-My Le Renzo Martens Boris Mikhailov Daido Moriyama Walid Raad Michael Schmidt Sean Snyder Writers include: James Agee Ariella Azoulay Walter Benjamin Adam Broomberg Judith Butler Oliver Chanarin Georges Didi-Huberman John Grierson David Levi Strauss Elizabeth McCausland Carl Plantinga Jacques Ranciere Martha Rosler Jean-Paul Sartre Allan Sekula W. Eugene Smith Susan Sontag Hito Steyerl Trinh T. Minh-ha