[DOC] Columbus Radio (Images of America) by Mike Adams at Arts-Photography

Description

From an Eastern nation on the global periphery to a European neoliberal democracy enmeshed in transnational networks; Poland has experienced a dramatic transformation in the last century. Polish Media Art in an Expanded Field uses the lens; and mirror; of media art to think through the politics of a post-socialist New Europe; where artists are negotiating the tension between global cosmopolitanism and national self-enfranchisement. Situating Polish media art practices in the context of Polandrsquo;s aesthetic traditions and political history; Aleksandra Kaminska provides an important contribution to site-specific histories of media art.Polish Media Art in an Expanded Field demonstrates how artists are using and reflecting upon technology as a way of entering into larger civic conversations around the politics of identity; place; citizenship; memory; and heritage. Building on close readings of artworks that serve as case studies; as well as interviews with leading artists; scholars; and curators; this is the first full-length study of Polish media art.