{"product_id":"now-what-quandaries-of-art-and-the-radical-past-hardback-9780823293919","title":"Now What?; Quandaries of Art and the Radical Past (Hardback) 9780823293919","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNow What?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eQuandaries of Art and the Radical Past\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRachel Weiss (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823293919\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 March 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 4 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1.9 cm, 0.384 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow What?\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative exploration of artworks and films that return to radical histories subject to erasure or otherwise lost or occluded over time. The moments returned to—the Cuban Revolution, Chile's 1973 \u003ci\u003ecoup d'état\u003c\/i\u003e, the ambiguous 1989 \"revolution\" in Romania, and the mayhem surrounding the Red Army Faction in 1970s West Germany—stand as historical watersheds, foundational and precipitate moments in the history of radical politics. Delving into these key historical moments by way of Tania Bruguera's 2009 performance \u003ci\u003eTatlin's Whisper\u003c\/i\u003e in Havana, filmmaker Patricio Guzmán's decades-long cycle of returns to Allende's Chile, Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica's\u003ci\u003e Videograms of a Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, Corneliu Porumboiu's \u003ci\u003e12:08 East of Bucharest\u003c\/i\u003e, the film \u003ci\u003eGermany in Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e, and Gerhard Richter's \u003ci\u003eOctober 18, 1977\u003c\/i\u003e suite of paintings, Rachel Weiss convincingly threads these works together through subtle and illuminating reflections on the complex dynamics involved in historical trauma and memory, addressing key questions about the meanings and uses of the past.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Being Afterward   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eLupe at the Mic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter January 1959, Havana, Cuba, in Tatlin's Whisper #6\u003c\/i\u003e   11\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003eThe Tenuous Moonlight of an Unrequited Past\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter September 11, 1973, Santiago de Chile, in The Battle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eof Chile, Chile: Obstinate Memory, and Nostalgia for the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight\u003c\/i\u003e   35\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eSomething That Opens a Wish and Closes a Door\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter December 1989, Romania, in Videograms of a Revolution,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, and 12:08 East of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBucharest\u003c\/i\u003e   63\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003eWhoever Knows the Truth Lies\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter October 1977, West Germany, in Germany in Autumn and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOctober 18, 1977\u003c\/i\u003e   123\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e: The Undersong of Our Histories   161\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  185\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580427301144,"sku":"9780823293919","price":60.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/now-what-quandaries-of-art-and-the-radical-past-hardback-9780823293919","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}