Critique in Practice: Renzo Martens' Episode III

Critique in Practice: Renzo Martens' Episode III
Anthony Downey
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24 Mar 2020 US
9783956795053
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Essays on the provocative 2008 film by Renzo Martens, Episode III (Enjoy Poverty).This volume collects critical reactions to Renzo Martens's provocative film Episode III (Enjoy Poverty) following its premiere in 2008, along with newly commissioned essays on the film's impact and enduring legacy. Investigating the emotional and economic value of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's lucrative exports (namely, filmed poverty), Martens's film was and remains a landmark intervention into debates concerning the role of art in contemporary cultural practices, engaged critique, documentary ethics, the global impact of humanitarian aid, documentary form, and the neoliberal politics of decolonization. The contributors reflect on the critical value of exposing contemporary art's relationship to exploitative economies and how the film influenced their own thinking on these subjects and, in effect, laid the conceptual groundwork for Martens' latest project, The Institute for Human Activities (IHA), a "reverse gentrification" program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.ContributorsAriella Azoulay, Eva Barois de Caevel, Jelle Bouwhuis, JJ Charlesworth, T. J. Demos, Ruben De Roo, Angela Dimitrakaki, Anthony Downey, Dan Fox, Matthias De Groof, Xander Karskens, J. A. Koster, Kyveli Lignou-Tsamantani, Suhail Malik, Renzo Martens, Nina Moentmann, Rene Ngongo, Paul O'Kane, Laurens Otto, Nikolaus Perneczky, Kolja Reichert, Els Roelandt, kari'kacha seid'ou, Gregory Sholette, Sanne Sinnige, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Emilia Terracciano, Nato Thompson, Pieter Van Bogaert, Frank Vande Veire, Eyal Weizman, Vivian Ziherl, Artur Zmijewski
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ISBN-13: 9783956795053
Published: 24 Mar 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Sternberg Press
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 360

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