Now What?: Quandaries of Art and the Radical Past

Now What? is a film that explores artworks and films that return to radical histories subject to erasure or otherwise lost or occluded over time. It delves into these key historical moments through Tania Brugueras 2009 performance, Patricio Guzmáns decades-long cycle, Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujicas Videograms of a Revolution, Corneliu Porumboius 12:08 East of Bucharest, and Gerhard Richters October 18, 1977 suite of paintings. It threads these works together through reflections on the complex dynamics of historical trauma and memory, addressing key questions about the meanings and uses of the past.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 240 pages
\n Publication date: 02 March 2021
\n Publisher: Fordham University Press
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Now What? is a groundbreaking exploration of artworks and films that reclaim and re-examine radical histories that have been erased, lost, or obscured over time. The moments revisited in this project—the Cuban Revolution, the 1973 coup d'état in Chile, the ambiguous "revolution" in Romania in 1989, and the chaos surrounding the Red Army Faction in West Germany during the 1970s—hold significant historical significance as pivotal and transformative moments in the history of radical politics. By delving into these critical historical junctures through various artistic mediums, the film convincingly weaves together a tapestry of works, including Tania Brugueras's 2009 performance "Tatlin's Whisper" in Havana, filmmaker Patricio Guzmán's decades-long cycle of returns to Allende's Chile, Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica's Videograms of a Revolution, Corneliu Porumboiu's 12:08 East of Bucharest, the film Germany in Autumn, and Gerhard Richter's 1977 suite of paintings. Through nuanced and illuminating reflections on the complex dynamics of historical trauma and memory, the film addresses key questions about the meanings and uses of the past, offering a profound and thought-provoking exploration of our collective historical consciousness.

\n Weight: 274g\n
Dimension: 126 x 203 x 23 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780823293926\n \n