A new anthology of uncollected writings by Peter Wollen, cultural critic, avant-garde filmmaker and curator of paradigm-shifting exhibitions.
This collection, the first of three new volumes, brings together unpublished and inaccessible writings on counter-cinema, anti-imperialist politics and revolutionary Mexican art. Playful, theoretically rigorous and historically precise, Peter Wollen’s writing reinvented criticism as a formally experimental practice indexing the intellectual, political and artistic histories of the twentieth century.
Arrows of Desire presents texts on Eisenstein and Godard alongside essays and interviews tracing developments in film and video from the 1970s to the 1990s. It tracks the political energies running through Wollen’s filmmaking and writing on global politics and culture in relation to Iran, Indonesia, Palestine, Aden and Zanzibar. Wollen’s rereading of the avant-garde extends into expansive projects linking Mexican muralism, Native American abstraction and US abstract expressionism. These essays and proposals demonstrate his commitment to contesting the dominant histories and geographies of modernism and modernity.
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Peter Wollen (1938-2019) was a cultural critic, film theorist, curator and avant-garde filmmaker. His books include Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, Raiding the Icebox, Readings and Writings, and Singin’ in the Rain. He co-wrote the screenplay for Antonioni’s The Passenger, and subsequently made six films in collaboration with Laura Mulvey, including Riddles of the Sphinx. His final film was a solo project, Friendship’s Death, starring Tilda Swinton.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Arrows of Desire indexes numerous intellectual, political, and artistic histories of the twentieth century. The book presents Wollens engagement with anti-imperialist politics and counter-cinema, gathering essays, lectures, and proposals that contest the dominant geographies of the avant-garde. At once playful, theoretically rigorous, and historically precise, Wollens writing reinvented criticism as a formally experimental practice that extends into poetry and sci-fi. This collection brings together unpublished and inaccessible writings on Eisenstein and Godard with texts that champion developments in independent moving image after the 1970s. It tracks the political energies running through Wollens filmmaking and writing on political crises in Iran and Indonesia published under his pseudonym Lucien Rey, his introduction to Michel Khleifis film Wedding in Galilee, and an interview concerning his visionary film Friendships Death. Wollens extensive engagement with revolutionary Mexican art is revealed in the paradigm-shifting exhibitions he conceived and curated, culminating in The Continent, an ambitious, unrealised project that brought together Mexican muralism, Native American abstraction, and US abstract expressionism for the first time. Arrows of Desire reveals, in its breadth and detail, the restless imagination, iconoclastic approach, and lucid style of Peter Wollen.The first of three books of uncollected essays by Peter Wollen, to be published consecutively. PRAISE FOR PETER WOLLEN The single most influential film theorist in the English language.Henry K. Miller, Sight and Sound A brilliant mind. Peter wrote on film, art, politics, fashion, on culture generally. To say Peter Wollen was preternaturally and uniquely gifted is not adequate. Lynne Tillman, Artforum An intransigently original and politically engaged figure. Edward Said, Nation A new anthology of uncollected writings by Peter Wollen, cultural critic, avant-garde filmmaker and curator of paradigm-shifting exhibitions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781836741176
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