SEARCHING SUBJECTIVITIES IN VIDEO INSTALLATIONS OF AMAR KANWAR
The essay views the video installation as an apparatus that lightens multiple subjectivities. By illustrating two works of Amar Kanwar, the essay elaborates on various positions of the audience, the methodologies used by Kanwar in proposing different ways of viewing to generate different subjectiv...
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doaj-9170e6d03327405291732ea9f578b43d2020-11-25T01:37:09ZengARTIS- Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de LisboaArt is on2183-70822016-12-0147783SEARCHING SUBJECTIVITIES IN VIDEO INSTALLATIONS OF AMAR KANWARCharu Maithani0Independent Researcher and Curator, IndiaThe essay views the video installation as an apparatus that lightens multiple subjectivities. By illustrating two works of Amar Kanwar, the essay elaborates on various positions of the audience, the methodologies used by Kanwar in proposing different ways of viewing to generate different subjective experiences. This also offers an analysis of video installation to re-define post-medium according to engagement with the art object and not in its making.http://artison.letras.ulisboa.pt/index.php/ao/article/view/112/105video installationsubjectivityapparatus |
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SEARCHING SUBJECTIVITIES IN VIDEO INSTALLATIONS OF AMAR KANWAR |
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searching subjectivities in video installations of amar kanwar |
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The essay views the video installation as an apparatus that lightens multiple subjectivities. By illustrating two
works of Amar Kanwar, the essay elaborates on various positions of the audience, the methodologies used by
Kanwar in proposing different ways of viewing to generate different subjective experiences. This also offers an
analysis of video installation to re-define post-medium according to engagement with the art object and not in
its making. |
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video installation subjectivity apparatus |
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