News : the televised revolution / Monika Huber, Susanne Fischer ; with an introduction by Ulrich Wilmes ; translation, Pauline Cumbers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huber, Monika, 1959- author.

Fischer, Susanne, 1968- author.

Wilmes, Ulrich, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Haus der Kunst München.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Huber, Monika, 1959-.

Huber, Monika.

Arab Spring, 2010---Pictorial works.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Protest movements--Arab countries--History--21st century--Pictorial works.

Protest movements.

History.

Arab countries.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

160 pages : chiefly illustrated (some color) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Televised revolution

Place of Publication:

Munich, Germany : Hirmer, [2012]

Summary:

Protest. A word indissociable from the year 2011. In America, Occupy Wall Street protestors took up tented residence across the country to demonstrate against crony capitalism. Spurred by events in Tunisia, Egypt erupted in a people's revolution that ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak. Popular unrest has been brewing since the imposition of austerity measures in Greece and Spain. Meanwhile, the evening news continues to cover these events in one-and-a-half minute intervals accompanied by a flood of images, making these events difficult to assess. News represents an innovative collaboration between journalist Susanne Fischer and artist Monika Huber. A former reporter in Baghdad, Fischer has on-the-ground experience with revolutionary events and has brought together contributions that present a balanced view of the Arab Spring, including essays exploring freedom of the press and the role of the Internet in enabling revolution. Huber draws more broadly on events that have dominated television coverage in the past year, including Occupy Wall Street, the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, the earthquake and nuclear reactor accident in Japan, the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, and the mass killings in Norway. Photographing and manipulating images from the news, she creates photo-art that casts a critical eye on the selection, presentation, and perception of these images. With many of the uprisings showing no signs of abating, the words and images in News together offer a fresh look at the issues that exceeds what we can find in traditional journalism.

Contents:

Underground / Ulrich Wilmes

The myth of the objective journalist / Susanne Fischer

Where it all began / Susanne Fischer

Forget your children! / Susanne Fischer

Key witness of the revolution / Susanne Fischer

A state of becoming / Raed Rafei

An announcement of certain death / Razan Zeitouneh

From day to day / Susanne Fischer

Flowers for soldiers / Susanne Fischer

Sometimes, there is no escape / Maryam Hassan

Social media in Yemen / Atiaf al-Wazir

The end of fear / Susanne Fischer

Advice in case you are beaten / Sabry Khaled

The fairy tale of a people's uprising / Tiare Rath

Creative resistance / Susanne Fischer

Refugees and tourists / Susanne Fischer

Democracy / Susanne Fischer

I did not see anything scary / Maryam Hassan

Time for change / Razan Zeitouneh

A wedding and 84 funerals / Atiaf al-Wazir

Competing for attention / Atiaf al-Wazir

This is my son, the martyr / Razan Zeitouneh

The business of saving lives / Razan Zeitouneh

No story is worth your life / Hazim al-Sharaa

18 days! / Raghada al-Halawany

A family's struggle for freedom / Zainab al-Khawaja.

Notes:

"The works titled 'Onethirty' and the publication 'News. The Televised Revolution' evolved within the context of the exhibition 'BILD-GEGEN-BILD' at the Haus der Kunst Munich [June 10-Sept. 16, 2012]"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783777453316

3777453315

OCLC:

788272526

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