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A History of Experimental Film and Video

From the Canonical Avant-Garde to Contemporary British Practice

by A. L. Rees

Type
Studies
Subject
GenreExperimental
Keywords
experimental, Great Britain
Publishing date
2011
Publisher
BFI Publishing
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 196 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)
ISBN
978-1-84457-436-0
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Book Presentation:
This revised and updated edition covers the history of avant-garde film and video, ranging from Cezanne and dada, via Cocteau, Brakhage and Le Grice, to the new wave of British video artists in the 1990s. The author also reconstitutes the avante-garde film as an independent form of art practice with its own internal logic and aesthetic discourse.

About the Author:
A.L. REES is a Research Tutor in Visual Communication, Royal College of Art, London.

See the publisher website: BFI Publishing

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