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Media type:
Book;
Still Image;
Conference Proceedings;
Illustrated Book
Title:
On perfection
:
an artists' symposium
Contains:
Introduction
/ Jo Longhurst
Foreword
/ Alfredo Cramerotti
A note from our sponsor
/ Robert Hiscox
Despoiling the ideal
/ Eva Stenram
On perfection & affirmation in street photography
/ Mark Durden
Leading Plato into the darkroom
/ Clive Cazeaux
Failure & perfection: film works by Julian Rosefeldt
/ Julian Rosefeldt
Clive Cazeaux & Julian Rosefeldt discussion
/ chaired by Liam Devlin
The effort of perfection: performing adolescence
/ Catherine Grant
Other spaces: new works with elite gymnasts
/ Jo Longhurst
A perfect myth
/ Ray Müller ... in conversation with Ceri Higgins
Ernst Jünger & post-human perfection
/ Davd Evans
Seeing through
/ Francelle Pacteau
Boundary lines
/ Leslie Dick, with Audrey Wollen
Perfecting desire: reconciling memory
/ Jonathan Whitehall
A perfect strike: double standards & attacks on perfection
/ Michal Heiman
Jonathan Whitehall & Michal Heiman discussion
/ chaired by Lian Devlin
The perfect student
/ Oriana Fox
Zidane: a 21st century portrait, a film by Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno
/ Dan Hill
Erewhon
/ Jane and Louise Wilson
Deconstructing gender identity & non-perfection in the photographs of Yurie Nagashima
/ Marco Bohr
Louise Wilson & Marco Bohr discussion
/ chaired by Mark Durden.
Description:
This book frames the current social and political condition through the prism of Perfection; an idea which has had great historical resonance and mutability, but which has had little attention as a recent area of academic concern or art practice. It provides an accessible reconsideration of contemporary lens-based practices, primarily through the eyes of practitioners. The breadth and depth of content included in the book is spectacular, from high quality, international contributors, supported by two highly respected galleries, known for showing cutting-edge, politically engaged work. Based on the 2012 symposium 'On Perfection', held at the Whitechapel Gallery in East London, this book explores the ways in which artists engage with ideas of perfection, drawing on screenings, performances, and discussions