Isaac Julien: what freedom is to me / Isaac Julien.
By: Julien, Isaac [author]
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Contributor(s): Maidment, Isabella [editor] | Seput, Vladimir [editor] | Tate Britain (Gallery) [host institution] | Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) [host institution] | Bonnefantenmuseum [host institution].
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BookPublisher: London : Tate Publishing, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 207 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849768399 (paperback); 9781849768726 (hardback).Subject(s): Julien, Isaac | Video art -- Exhibitions | Installations (Art)DDC classification: 709.2 JUL | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
'Dance, theatre, music, sculpture, painting, all of these different modes of art-making are encapsulated into my practice, which is why I chose film as a medium for making my work.' -- Isaac Julien
Celebrated for his compelling lyrical films and video art installations, Isaac Julien is one of the leading artists working today.
This landmark book reveals the scope of Julien's pioneering practice of over forty years, from the early 1980s to the present day, showcasing works from early films to large-scale, multi-screen installations which investigate the movement of peoples across different continents, times and spaces. It includes some of his early projects as part of Sankofa Film and Video Collective (1983-92); his critically acclaimed ten-screen video installation Lessons of the Hour 2019, a portrait of the life and times of Frederick Douglass, the visionary African American orator, philosopher and self-liberated freedom-fighter; and Once Again ... (Statues Never Die) 2022.
The wide range of writers and collaborators who have contributed to this book highlight Julien's critical thinking and the way his work breaks down barriers between different artistic disciplines, drawing from film, dance, photography, music, theatre, painting and sculpture by using the themes of desire, history and culture.
Featuring strikingly beautiful reproductions of these extraordinarily powerful works, this publication enriches our understanding and appreciation of a remarkable artist.
The Isaac Julien app allows readers to immerse themselves in the images of the films and installations by bringing to life the artist's work in his recent publications 'What Freedom Is To Me'. Users are able to position their phone's camera over a variety of specially chosen images that come to life, in movement and sound, highlighting the artist's multifaceted practice that draws from film, dance, photography, music, theatre, painting and sculpture by utilising the themes of desire, history and culture.
Catalogue accompanies exhibition held at Tate Britain, London, 26 April - 20 August 2023; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 23 September 2023 - 14 January 2024; Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, 4 February - 9 June 2024.
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Isabella Maidment: Mythical diasporic dream space: Isaac Julien's interdisciplinary imaginary -- Once Again... (Statues Never Die) 2022 -- Wole Soyinka: Do statues die? -- Celeste-Marie Bernier in conversation with Isaac Julien: 'I'll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear.' -- Lessons of the Hour 2019 -- Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement 2019 -- Luigia Lonardelli: Isaac Julien: Conductor without a score -- Irit Rogoff: Genealogy and futurity -- Mark Nash and Adam Finch: The space between -- Ten thousand waves 2010 -- Western Union Small Boats 2007 -- Vagabondia 2000 -- Nathan Ladd: Museum dreams: Transgression and (Re)-Imagination in Vagabondia -- Nina Kellgren and Bradford Young in conversation -- Jack Halberstam: Looking for Langston - Fleeing history -- Caleb Azumah Nelson: The work of memory, an act of love -- Looking for Langston 1989 -- This is not an AIDS Advertisement 1987 -- Territories 1984 -- Who Killed Colin Roach? 1983 -- Lost Boundaries 1986 -- Maria Balshaw: Lessons in looking.
"Celebrated for his compelling lyrical films and video art installations, Isaac Julien is one of the leading artists working today. This landmark book reveals the scope of Julien's pioneering practice of over forty years, from the early 1980s to the present day, showcasing works from early films to large-scale, multi-screen installations which investigate the movement of peoples across different continents, times and spaces. It includes some of his early projects as part of Sankofa Film and Video Collective (1983-92); his critically acclaimed ten-screen film installation, Lessons of the Hour 2019, a portrait of the life and times of Frederick Douglass, the visionary African American orator, philosopher and self-liberated freedom-fighter; and Once Again (Statues Never Die) 2022. The wide range of writers and collaborators who have contributed to this book highlight Julien's critical thinking and the way his work breaks down barriers between different artistic disciplines, drawing from film, dance, photography, music, theatre, painting and sculpture by using the themes of desire, history and culture. Featuring strikingly beautiful reproductions of these extraordinarily powerful works, this publication enriches our understanding and appreciation of a remarkable artist" - inside cover.