New Book Explores the Visual Impact of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Almost 20 years ago,on the 9th November 1989, civilians crossed over the formerly forbidden boundary between East andWest Berlin with a host of television cameras on site to beam the pictures around the world. These became the images of the fall of the Berlin Wall, taken to symbolise the collapse of communism across Eastern Europe and more generally an end of ideological history.
Taking the fall of the Berlin Wall as a case study, Sunil Manghani's Image Critique & the Fall of the Berlin Wall presents a new critical visual theory. Image critique is a dual procedure combining analysis and interpretation of images, with a consideration of how images can be used to critically examine and engage with our contemporary culture.
The author uses the fall of the wall as a means to place a complex interactive account of history, politics, human action, freedom, the media and visual culture. The book asks why the dominant interpretation of the fall of the Wall has only ever been about the celebration of the end of something and not the beginning of any new political possibilities.
This wonderfully visual book, containing over forty photographs, uses the event's historical and ongoing resonance for an investigative discussion of history, politics, the media and their relationship with this new image ethos.
Manghani examines current debates surrounding visual culture, ranging from such topics as Francis Fukuyama's End of History thesis to metapictures and East German film to seek out. The result is an exhilarating interweaving of human action,freedom and visual culture.
Taking the fall of the Berlin Wall as a case study, Sunil Manghani's Image Critique & the Fall of the Berlin Wall presents a new critical visual theory. Image critique is a dual procedure combining analysis and interpretation of images, with a consideration of how images can be used to critically examine and engage with our contemporary culture.
The author uses the fall of the wall as a means to place a complex interactive account of history, politics, human action, freedom, the media and visual culture. The book asks why the dominant interpretation of the fall of the Wall has only ever been about the celebration of the end of something and not the beginning of any new political possibilities.
This wonderfully visual book, containing over forty photographs, uses the event's historical and ongoing resonance for an investigative discussion of history, politics, the media and their relationship with this new image ethos.
Manghani examines current debates surrounding visual culture, ranging from such topics as Francis Fukuyama's End of History thesis to metapictures and East German film to seek out. The result is an exhilarating interweaving of human action,freedom and visual culture.
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