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From Catchy Commercials to Hollywood Think Tanks, the Evolution of Military Recruitment Ads

Avatar photo by Nadine Smith November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

As long as wars have been fought, wars have needed to be sold. And just like with weapons, the US armed forces have long been on the cutting edge of propaganda.

Posted inArt

Harun Farocki and Hito Steyerl, a Perfect Pairing (in Theory)

Avatar photo by Ayoola Solarin March 25, 2020March 24, 2020

Where Farocki’s works are meditative, Steyerl’s are bold and loud — which would make for an interesting juxtaposition if the selected works didn’t feel so at odds with each other.

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The Endless Work of Labor in the Age of Global Production

Avatar photo by Gabrielle Welsh November 19, 2019November 19, 2019

Through a wide range of artist projects and programs, Re:Working Labor asks us to locate our respective places in the global labor chain.

Posted inFilm

Contemporary Filmmakers Are Using Fiction to Explore Facts

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky September 16, 2019August 4, 2022

Several films at the Open City Documentary Festival unseat normal notions of “real” and “fake” in nonfiction.

Posted inArt

A 1960s Sci-Fi Series Takes on Renewed Relevance

Avatar photo by Andreas Petrossiants May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

A group show featuring the likes of Jenny Holzer and Harun Farocki frames the dystopian world of 1960s British TV show The Prisoner as a harbinger of 21st-century surveillance capitalism.

Posted inArt

Artists Disrupt and Deconstruct the Modern Workplace

by Abby Margulies February 8, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — I will admit that it had been a long day filled with mundane tasks — conference calls, email catch-up, copyediting — when I wandered into the exhibition Office Space, currently on view at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann Arrive at Work

by Robert Moeller November 14, 2014

BOSTON — Two factory doors swing open and a rabble emerges. French workers literally stream out into the world in a seemingly choreographed departure after a long day at work.

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The Mediated Reality of Harun Farocki

by Jillian Steinhauer August 29, 2014August 29, 2014

Last month, German filmmaker and artist Harun Farocki died at the age of 70. Farocki made films that were unabashedly political yet remarkably reserved.

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