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A multifaceted response to issues concerning personal privacy and
government power by writers, artists, and others The filmmaker,
artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of
mass surveillance, "war on terror," drone program, Guantanamo, and
torture in her work for more than ten years. In 2013, Poitras was
contacted by Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency
subcontractor who leaked classified information about
government-sponsored surveillance. Her resulting documentary,
Citizenfour, which won an Academy Award for best documentary
feature in 2015, is the third film in her post-9/11 film trilogy.
For this volume, Poitras has invited authors ranging from artists
and novelists to technologists and academics to respond to the
modern-day state of mass surveillance. Among them are the acclaimed
author Dave Eggers, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the former
Guantanamo Bay detainee Lakhdar Boumediene, the writer and
researcher Kate Crawford, and Edward Snowden, to name but a few.
Some contributors worked directly with Poitras and the archive of
documents leaked by Snowden; others contributed fictional
reinterpretations of spycraft. The result is a "how-to" guide for
living in a society that collects extraordinary amounts of
information on individuals. Questioning the role of surveillance
and advocating for collective privacy are central tennets for
Poitras, who has long engaged with and supported free-software
technologists. Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule: Whitney Museum of American Art
(02/05/16-05/01/16)
In this important volume, Jay Sanders and J. Hoberman explore the
vibrant underground performance art scene of 1970s New York.
Focusing on little-known and long-forgotten works, which were often
performed in live/work lofts, storefronts, and alternative spaces
of the city's SoHo district, often for an audience comprising a
handful of fellow artists, this catalogue makes newly visible a
critical period in the development of performance art. Rituals of
Rented Island examines the disparate yet related practices of
twenty artists, including Stuart Sherman; collaborators Yvonne
Rainer and Babette Mangotle; Julia Heyward; Jill Kroesen; Richard
Foreman; Squat Theatre; composer-musician John Zorn; and legendary
playwright and filmmaker Jack Smith; among others. With an array of
previously unpublished images, including installation photographs,
scripts, handwritten notes, and other ephemera, drawn from the
artists' own archives, this volume illuminates the eccentric
singularities of the performance art of this era and its relevance
today. Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule: Whitney Museum of American Art
(10/31/13-02/02/14)
This book tells you everything you need to know about choosing a
pony, grooming, show riding, feeding and health and fitness for
ponies, plus what happens at pony club.
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