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[ecrea] New title announcement: Aesthetic Journalism

Thu Oct 01 14:34:55 GMT 2009



Aesthetic Journalism
How to Inform Without Informing
By Alfredo Cramerotti

978-1-84150-268-7 pb £19.95, $35
Published September 2009

As the art world eagerly embraces a journalistic approach, Aesthetic Journalism explores why contemporary art exhibitions often consist of interviews, documentaries and reportage. This new mode of journalism is grasping more and more space in modern culture and Cramerotti probes the current merge of art with the sphere of investigative journalism. The attempt to map this field, here defined as ?Aesthetic Journalism?, challenges, with clear language, the definitions of both art and journalism, and addresses a new mode of information from the point of view of the reader and viewer.

The book explores how the production of truth has shifted from the domain of the news media to that of art and aestheticism. With examples and theories from within the contemporary art and journalistic-scape, the book questions the very foundations of journalism. Aesthethic Journalism suggests future developments of this new relationship between art and documentary journalism, offering itself as a useful tool to audiences, scholars, producers and critics alike.

?An inspiring and well written overview of reportage and information practices in art.?
 ? Hito Steyerl

About the author
Alfredo Cramerotti (1967) is a writer, curator and artist based in the UK. Among his recent research and curatorial activity: co-curator, Manifesta 8 European biennial of contemporary art (2009-2011); curator, QUAD Derby (2008-present), co-curator, CPS Chamber of Public Secrets (2004-present) and AGM Annual General Meeting (2003-present).

Read more about this and other Intellect Autumn 2009 books: <http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/autumn09cover(webversionsingle).pdf>http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/autumn09cover(webversionsingle).pdf


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RELATED TITLES
Book: Truth or Dare: Art and Documentary (<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4590/)>http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4590/) Book: Australian Post-War Documentary Film (<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4608/)>http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4608/) Journal: Journal of Visual Art Practice (<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=131/)>http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=131/)


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