Issue 4/2003
Post-Empire
From the dismantling of former Western privileges to the construction of a new global hegemony: following what seemed to be a revision of the historical supremacy of Europe and the USA – in short, the »West« – as a consequence of post-colonial theory and practice, present-day political reality is taking a completely different turn. Recently, there has been much talk of a »new imperialism« that, running counter to all ideas of a virtualization or »deterritorialization« of power, ceaselessly generates new front lines and scenarios of subjugation. It is not often, however, that the viewpoints of those who really suffer from the effects of this imperial enterprise are taken into account. So this edition of springerin looks once more at issues connected with neo-colonial claims to authority, but also at what the aftermath of this new imperial... » read more
Net section
Contaminated Enclaves
Timothy Druckrey
Becoming Nike? The Fake Behind the Swoosh
Public Netbase and 0100101110101101.ORG proclaim the first »Nike Square« in the world
Vera Tollmann
»friend~ship at fluc«
Landing at the Praterstern in Vienna
Andrea Winklbauer
transfer onto, tape over, hand down
Two media initiatives in Vienna strive to preserve »independent« video (art) history in Austria
Christa Benzer
Self-Reflexive Signals
Earnestness and analysis set the tone at the »Next 5 Minutes 4 – International Festival of Tactical Media« in Amsterdam
Martin Conrads
Beyond the Horizon of Events
War rooms in pop culture or: the »delocalized« concept of rule in negative imperialism
Krystian Woznicki
Lost & Found (II)
Resfest 2003 shows a rare music video by star director Spike Jonze
Christian Höller
Post-Empire
Imperial Perspectives
The distortions of empire produce further disruptions in Middle Eastern societies
Edward Said
A Critique of Imperial Reason
Thoughts on the impact and receptive history of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt’s »Empire«
Nicolas Siepen
Reparations without history
The Belgian Africalia organization devotes itself to African contemporary art, despite the colonial history of Belgium and Europe
Dierk Schmidt
L8 – and Europe’s Oldest Black Community
This year’s Black History Month in Liverpool creates some optimism
Martin Reiterer in collaboration with Ian H. Magedera
Inside Outside Africa
An interview with the Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Téno
Christian Höller
Give Back the Picture
On the »5ème Rencontres de la Photographie à Bamako«, a Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary African Photography
Christian Hanussek
Reverie and Trauma
Thai contemporary art and issues of gloabalization
Keiko Sei
Whose body, Whose City?
On the exhibitions »body.city« and »Indian Popular Culture«
Nancy Adajania
Great Escapes
Displaced Afghans: Film landscapes between Pakistani refugee camps and building sites in Tehran
Jochen Becker
Surreal Political Vision
The director Ken Jacobs has completed his opus magnum »Star Spangled to Death« after almost 45 years
Bert Rebhandl
Fat Beatz of the Periphery
The global spread of hip hop culture and art
Justin Hoffmann
Working on What Has Been Missed
Mathias Poledna’s film installation »Western Recording« in Vienna’s MUMOK
Helmut Draxler
Ornament and Crime
The Florian Pumhösl exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein
Gregor Jansen
Imperial Refusal
Jens Emil Sennewald
Prayer Is No Use
How the constitutional enshrinement of Christian values can further populism
Anna Kowalska
A Woman’s Work Is Never Done
An obituary for the artist Birgit Jürgenssen (1949-2003)
Brigitte Huck
Cora Pongracz 1943-2003
Silvia Eiblmayr
Artscribe
Eva Hertzsch & Adam Page
Elena Zanichelli, Valeria Schulte-Fischedick
»Learning from*«
Maren Richter
»adorno«
Catrin Lorch
Andrea Fraser: »Works: 1984 to 2003«
Gislind Nabakowski
»gegeben sind … konstruktion und situation« (Performative Installation)
Patricia Grzonka
Hubert Czerepok – »Everything is fine«71
Marek Wasilewski
Zbigniew Rogalski – »Self portrait under the canvas«
Marek Wasilewski
The Icelandic Love Corporation – »Behind the Eyes«
Monika Vykoukal
»Love Affairs«
Fahimeh Farsaie
Iris Andraschek und Hubert Lobnig
Nicola Hirner
»Panamarenko – Multiples«
Matthias Dusini
»Musik Didactique« – Inhalte und Botschaften in elektronischer Popmusik »nach« Techno
Melanie Ohnemus
Books
Inke Arns:
Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK)
Susanne Neuburger
Ashutosh Varshney:
Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India
Marie Elisabeth Müller
Nelson George:
R&B: Die Geschichte der schwarzen Musik
Jens Kastner
Nelson George:
XXX: Drei Jahrzehnte HipHop
Jens Kastner
Jonathan Crary:
Aufmerksamkeit: Wahrnehmung und moderne Kultur
Daniel Pies
James Elkins:
Visual Studies: A Skeptical Introduction
Daniel Pies
Peter Mörtenböck & Helge Mooshammer (Hg.):
Visuelle Kultur: Körper, Räume, Medien
Daniel Pies