Edited by Marente Bloemheuvel. Text by Jaap Guldemond.
The first comprehensive survey of the influential Belgian filmmaker’s film installations
One of the foremost avant-garde filmmakers of the 1970s, Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) moved toward the visual arts as a secondary career with the 1995 screening of her film D’est. Originally a documentary shot on 16mm film, D’est was transformed by Akerman into a large spatial installation played across 24 monitors. From that point on, Akerman continued to experiment with the possibilities of exhibition spaces, persisting in her lifelong project to document the political dimensions of daily life.
This publication highlights the French filmmaker’s installations, with full-color photographs and several essays exploring the central themes of Akerman’s oeuvre such as gender roles, migration and the passage of time.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
Bookforum
Jennifer Krasinski
For those wanting more of her, from her, Chantal Akerman: Passages brings to light her lesser-known work as a visual artist ...Includes essays that mark the translation of her sensibilities from screen to exhibition space, and collects related texts written by Akerman herself.
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FORMAT: Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 150 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $40.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $56 ISBN: 9789462085503 PUBLISHER: nai010 publishers AVAILABLE: 9/15/2020 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: Out of stock TERRITORY: NA LA ME
Published by nai010 publishers. Edited by Marente Bloemheuvel. Text by Jaap Guldemond.
The first comprehensive survey of the influential Belgian filmmaker’s film installations
One of the foremost avant-garde filmmakers of the 1970s, Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) moved toward the visual arts as a secondary career with the 1995 screening of her film D’est. Originally a documentary shot on 16mm film, D’est was transformed by Akerman into a large spatial installation played across 24 monitors. From that point on, Akerman continued to experiment with the possibilities of exhibition spaces, persisting in her lifelong project to document the political dimensions of daily life.
This publication highlights the French filmmaker’s installations, with full-color photographs and several essays exploring the central themes of Akerman’s oeuvre such as gender roles, migration and the passage of time.
