Hito Steyerl: Duty-Free Art

Publication Year: 2015
Pages: 176 pages
Binding: Softcover or Hardcover
Publisher: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
ISBN: 9788480265300
Dimensions:  17 × 24 cm
Language: Spanish, English

A conversation between Hito Steyerl and João Fernandes, curator of the exhibition, an essay by Carles Guerra and Steyerl herself, introduced us to one of the most relevant contemporary artists in the field of Video art. Steyerl approaches current themes in her work, for instance the impact the proliferation of images and the use of the Internet and technology have on our lives. She uses these issues as a starting point for developing, not just through her video pieces but also through writing and essays, critical work about control, surveillance and militarisation, migration, cultural globalisation, feminism and political imagery, questions she believes have the capacity to create realities.