{"product_id":"after-uniqueness-erika-balsom-9780231176934","title":"After Uniqueness: A History of Film and Video Art in Circulation","description":"\u003cp\u003eImages have never been as freely circulated as they are today. They have also never been so tightly controlled. As with the birth of photography, digital reproduction has created new possibilities for the duplication and consumption of images, offering greater dissemination and access. But digital reproduction has also stoked new anxieties concerning authenticity and ownership. From this contemporary vantage point, \u003ci\u003eAfter Uniqueness\u003c\/i\u003e traces the ambivalence of reproducibility through the intersecting histories of experimental cinema and the moving image in art, examining how artists, filmmakers, and theorists have found in the copy a utopian promise or a dangerous inauthenticity--or both at once. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the sale of film in limited editions on the art market to the downloading of bootlegs, from the singularity of live cinema to video art broadcast on television, Erika Balsom investigates how the reproducibility of the moving image has been embraced, rejected, and negotiated by major figures including Stan Brakhage, Leo Castelli, and Gregory Markopoulos. Through a comparative analysis of selected distribution models and key case studies, she demonstrates how the question of image circulation is central to the history of film and video art. \u003ci\u003eAfter Uniqueness\u003c\/i\u003e shows that distribution channels are more than neutral pathways; they determine how we encounter, interpret, and write the history of the moving image as an art form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erika Balsom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231176937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231176934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017","brand":"Erika Balsom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919635017983,"sku":"9780231176934","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99435107-2857-4031-ba23-f3178918984a.jpg?v=1710359053","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-uniqueness-erika-balsom-9780231176934","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}