Truth or dare : art & documentary / edited by Gail Pearce & Cahal McLaughlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pearce, Gail.

McLaughlin, Cahal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary films--Congresses.

Documentary films.

Documentary mass media and the arts--Congresses.

Documentary mass media and the arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Truth or dare : art and documentary

Art & documentary

Art and documentary

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Increased experimentation by filmmakers such as Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock means that the walls between art and documentary are collapsing, generating innovative ideas and attracting an entirely new audience. Truth or Dare is the innovative product of a Whitechapel Gallery conference, bringing together renowned artists, filmmakers, writers and curators. Pearce and McLaughlin's book reveals the debates that flared that day surrounding the binary of art and documentary and the tensions of freedom and responsibility. The ethics of this new wave of documentary are also questioned, since the

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements and Thanks; Introduction; Away from Copying: The Art of Documentary Practice; Freedoms and Accountabilities; Documentary, History and Reality: Reflections on Jean Chamoun's Tal al-Zaatar; Dancing to Different Tunes: Ethical Differences in Approaches to Factual Film-making; Collaborations and Technologies; Is It Art?; Viewing Spaces and Audiences; Vietnam/USA; Contributors; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

"Truth or dare: art and documentary was a conference and a set of screenings that took place during February 2006 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery and Tate Modern."--p.9.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611187415

9781281187413

1281187410

9781841509976

1841509973

OCLC:

560676306