Giuliana Bruno Livres

Traversing a varied and enchanting landscape with forays into the fields of geography, art, architecture, design, cartography and film, Giuliana Bruno’s Atlas of Emotion, winner of the 2004 Kraszna-Krausz award for “the world’s best book on the moving image”, is a highly original endeavor to map a cultural history of spatio-visual arts. In an evocative montage of words and pictures she emphasizes that “sight” and “site” but also “motion” and “emotion” are irrevocably connected. In so doing, she touches on the art of Gerhard Richter and Annette Messagem: the film-making of Peter Greenaway and Michaelangelo Antonioni; the origins of the movie palace and its precursors, and on her own journeys to her native Naples. Visually luscious and daring in conception, Bruno opens new vistas and understandings at every turn.

"In this thoughtful collection of essays on the relationship of architecture and the arts, Giuliana Bruno addresses the crucial role that architecture plays in the production of art and the making of public intimacy. As art melts into spatial construction and architecture mobilizes artistic vision, Bruno argues, a new moving space - a screen of vital cultural memory - has come to shape our visual culture." "Considering the role of architecture in contemporary art that refashions our "lived space"--And the work of such contemporary artists as Rachel Whitebread, Mona Hatoum, and Guillermo Kuitca - Bruno argues that architecture is used to define the frame of memory, the border of public and private space, and the permeability of exterior and interior space. Architecture, she contends, is not merely a matter of space but an art of time."--Back cover

The book delves into the concept of "projection," examining its psychological implications and cultural significance throughout history. It traces the evolution of projection in the arts, from ancient shadow plays to modern digital displays, highlighting its role in shaping atmosphere and environment. The author investigates our ongoing fascination with projection in contemporary art, exploring its connections to psychoanalysis, architecture, and visual culture. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the work reveals how projection influences our perceptions and interactions with the world around us.

'Riot' is an intellectual and professional autobiography of the British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien, whose trail-blazing career has moved through forms of documentary, biography, dance, narrative film, and multiscreen installation. Both visually sensuous and politically and socially engaged, Julien's films draw on influence as disparate as silent cinema, cultural studies, news stories, Chinese myth and popular music.