{"product_id":"theres-no-place-like-time-andi-olsen-9781941423936","title":"There's No Place Like Time: A Retrospective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's No Place Like Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a strange beast: a fictional catalogue of a real retrospective of experimental films by a videographer who never existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of critical and biographical essays, stills, and reminiscences about Alana Olsen's (a character who first appeared in Lance Olsen's novel \u003ci\u003eTheories of Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e) powerful body of work produced in relative anonymity, \u003ci\u003eThere's No Place Like Time\u003c\/i\u003e remembers an oeuvre of fewer than 30 videos that span roughly four decades and have influenced artists as varied as Lars von Trier, Douglas Gordon, and Martin Arnold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Lance Olsen and filmmaker Andi Olsen have already begun staging Alana Olsen's faux retrospective in galleries in Berlin and elsewhere. Enter those spaces and one enters a three-dimensional novel: a \"real\" place dedicated to the\"unreal\" career of one of America's most unjustly overlooked artists. From her videos and the language surrounding them (including this catalogue) one is invited to infer Alana's character, development, obsessions, and relationship with her equally fictive daughter, Aila, who curates the exhibits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one sense, then, \u003ci\u003eThere's No Place Like Time \u003c\/i\u003eis part of a larger conceptual work investigating the problems of identity construction and historical knowledge. In another it is an exploration of two questions: What does an aesthetics of obscurity looks like, and what is the connection between quality and quantity in the contemporary art world, where celebrity, lucrative simulation, and media saturation are equated with success?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andi Olsen,Lance Olsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941423930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941423936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Forest College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 8.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Andi Olsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519666827519,"sku":"9781941423936","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9dac7f33-782e-4dbb-8b3f-f61e6b9e2d6f.jpg?v=1778738106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theres-no-place-like-time-andi-olsen-9781941423936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}