Isaac Julien: Playtime

To explore the relationship between capital and visibility, Isaac Julien's film PLAYTIME was premiered in 2013. The Palais Populaire and the Wemhöner Collection have partnered to showcase the film's relevance and impact on political, social, and societal issues, as capital as a medium affects nearly every human being on the planet.

Format: Hardback
Length: 134 pages
Publication date: 24 August 2023
Publisher: Kerber Verlag

Five years after the world was ravaged by a global financial and banking crisis, Isaac Julien (b. 1960) unveiled his film PLAYTIME to explore a crucial question: Can capital be made visible? By following the stories of six interconnected protagonists—figures in the world of art and finance—Isaac Julien subsequently found narrative images that depict the process of capital intertwining on a global scale, juxtaposing a macroscopic and a microscopic perspective dialectically. The Palais Populaire and the Wemhöner Collection have collaborated to present PLAYTIME from a contemporary perspective, highlighting its relevance as capital, as a medium, permeates almost all political, social, and societal issues and impacts the lives of nearly every human being on this planet. Contributions by Zeigam Azizov, Philipp Bollmann, Anna Herrhausen, and Isaac Julien. Design by Pit Stenckhoff, Anna Bühler, Flo Paizs, Neue Gestaltung, Berlin. Text available in English and German.

Weight: 1038g
Dimension: 246 x 328 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783735609137