von Niederhäusern, Laura

Camera Work in Artistic and Ethnographic Research

This book introduces camera-based practices at the intersections of artistic and ethnographic research that critically examine the means of their own production and social embeddedness. In shared practices such as recording in the field, editing in post-production and modes of presentation, the camera is involved as an agent rather than an inno-cent device. How does the camera grapple with the invisible and how does it reveal what the camerawoman is unable to see? How do films, videos and photographs provide access to vulnerable knowledges and what presentation formats can extend the linearity of narration?

The digital version contains links to audiovisual examples.

Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Gegenwartskunst Band 26

164 pages, Archive Books, 2022
ISBN: 978-3-948212-83-4 (digital version)