Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age

By Richard Rinehart and Phillip Prodger

Published on the occasion of the art exhibition Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age, this catalog features a selection of leading international artists who engage with and critique the role of media in contemporary society. Their work demonstrates what has become known as post-internet artistic practices—art that may or may not be made for the internet but nevertheless acknowledges online culture as an omnipresent influence, inseparable from contemporary social conditions. They ask what it means to be a photographer when everyone is an Instagram influencer; what it means to make video art when everyone is a TikTok video star; and how to deliver meaningful social commentary in the age of the meme. The exhibition and accompanying catalog showcase artwork by N. Dash, Nathalie Djurberg, Marcel Dzama, Peter Funch, Cyrus Kabiru, William Kentridge, Christian Marclay, Marilyn Minter, Vik Muniz, Otobong Nkanga, Erwin Olaf, Robin Rhode, Vee Speers, Mary Sue, Puck Verkade, Huang Yan.

Published by Bucknell University Press for the Samek Art Museum.
Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Release date: Jan 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781684484157

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SCREEN TIME

SCREEN TIME

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO ART

IN THE INTERNET AGE

EDITED BY RICHARD RINEHART

WITH PHILLIP PRODGER

LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age, presented at the Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, January 18–March 27, 2022. The exhibition is cocurated by Richard Rinehart, director of the Samek Art Museum, and Phillip Prodger, executive director of Curatorial Exhibitions.

All works generously loaned by THE EKARD COLLECTION.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021949128

A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library.

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CONTENTS

Collectors’ Statement

Curating Screen Time Richard Rinehart

Flipping the Script Phillip Prodger

Artworks

Further Reading

About the Curators

COLLECTORS’ STATEMENT

Sharing works of art with a broader public is an honor for us; indeed, we believe it is the