Book

The secret agent / Stan Douglas.

Douglas, Stan, 1960- (artist,, author.). Bruyn, Eric C. H. de, 1961- (author.). Kealy, Séamus, 1972- (author.). Snauwaert, Dirk, (author.). Smith, Jason E., (author.). Wiels (Gallery : Brussels, Belgium), (host institution.).

Summary:

Visual artist Stan Douglas explores the turbulent history of 1970s Portugal, a time when the nation both freed itself from a dictatorship and relinquished its colonial holdings. The book features three works. The first, a video installation titled 'The Secret Agent', follows a story written by Joseph Conrad in 1907. Douglas keeps the plot characters but transports the narrative to Lisbon, soon after the Carnation Revolution. 'Disco Angola', a series of staged historic photos in New York and Angola, juxtaposes the city's hedonistic nightlife with the African nation's brutal civil war. Finally, 'Luanda-Kinshasa' is a six-hour-long film comprising eleven jazz songs from the legendary 30th Street Studio. Exhibition: Wiels, Brussels, Belgium (09.10.2015-10.01.2016).

Record details

ISBN: 9789491819384
ISBN: 9491819380
Physical Description: 189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Publisher: Antwerpen : Ludion, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

General Note:	Catalog of the exhibition "Interregnum" at Wiels, 9 October 2015 through 10 January 2016.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / Dirk Snauwaert -- The secret agent -- Luanda-Kinshasa -- Disco Angola -- Portugal and the future / Jason E. Smith -- Revolutions within revolutions / Eric C.H. de Bruyn -- Afterword / Séamus Kealy -- Biography & Bibliography.