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Product Identifiers

PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300204485

ISBN-139780300204483

eBay Product ID (ePID)175904266

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

Publication NameTony Oursler / Vox Vernacular

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

SubjectIndividual Artists / Monographs, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, American / General, Film & Video

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaArt

AuthorLaurent Busine

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight50.5 Oz

Item Length11.6 in

Item Width9.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2013-952403

Preface byBusine, Laurent

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal709.2

SynopsisAmerican artist Tony Oursler (b. 1957) gathers inspiration from the way people's desires are extended through interaction with mass media, specifically cinema, television, and the internet, and creates fascinating video installations that combine words with projections of grotesque and sublime images. Tony Oursler / Vox Vernacular compiles fifty transcripts of Oursler's videos, offering an entirely new way to apprehend the nuances of his work. The selection of pieces featured in this publication date from between 1977 and 2013, spanning nearly the entirety of Oursler's practice. Adding valuable context are scholarly essays explaining Oursler's creative process and full-color illustrations of his videos. Among other revelations, these transcripts show that Oursler is not merely a video artist, but a writer as well. The vernacular language that Oursler employs is written to be spoken by "electronic entities" and carries a sort of musical cadence that makes his text surprisingly lyrical. This comprehensive anthology uncovers the poetry in Oursler's work and captures the unique nature of his artistic voice. Distributed for Mercatorfonds Exhibition Schedule: Musée des Arts Contemporains au Grand-Hornu, Belgium (11/17/13-02/23/14), American artist Tony Oursler (b. 1957) gathers inspiration from the way people's desires are extended through interaction with mass media, specifically cinema, television, and the internet, and creates fascinating video installations that combine words with projections of grotesque and sublime images. Tony Oursler / Vox Vernacular compiles fifty transcripts of Oursler's videos, offering an entirely new way to apprehend the nuances of his work. The selection of pieces featured in this publication date from between 1977 and 2013, spanning nearly the entirety of Oursler's practice. Adding valuable context are scholarly essays explaining Oursler's creative process and full-color illustrations of his videos. Among other revelations, these transcripts show that Oursler is not merely a video artist, but a writer as well. The vernacular language that Oursler employs is written to be spoken by "electronic entities" and carries a sort of musical cadence that makes his text surprisingly lyrical. This comprehensive anthology uncovers the poetry in Oursler's work and captures the unique nature of his artistic voice.

LC Classification NumberN6537.O9 2013