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Constructive Alienation and Terror: An Analysis of Martha Rosler’s A Simple Case for Torture (Or How to Sleep at Night) (1983), Harun Farocki’s Inextinguishable Fire (1969), and Eye/Machines (2001-3)

Brockman, Kristin Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147844234

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2006, MA, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Art History.
In my thesis, I examine Martha Rosler’s A Simple Case for Torture (Or How to Sleep at Night) (1983) and Harun Farocki’s Inextinguishable Fire (1969) and Eye/Machine I, II, and III (2001-3). These works investigate the role of distancing in media practices, and splay out televisual and other technologies that are used to represent war. Both Rosler and Farocki work to retrieve the distance that the spectacle creates between viewers and violence. Additionally, they intend to activate history through the systemic collection and re-presentation of information. As artist-archivists, Rosler and Farocki incite viewers to become active participants rather than passive consumers of history.
Kimberly Paice (Advisor)
63 p.
Art History
terrorism; torture; media; video art; film

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  • Brockman, K. M. (2006). Constructive Alienation and Terror: An Analysis of Martha Rosler’s A Simple Case for Torture (Or How to Sleep at Night) (1983), Harun Farocki’s Inextinguishable Fire (1969), and Eye/Machines (2001-3) [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147844234

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brockman, Kristin. Constructive Alienation and Terror: An Analysis of Martha Rosler’s A Simple Case for Torture (Or How to Sleep at Night) (1983), Harun Farocki’s Inextinguishable Fire (1969), and Eye/Machines (2001-3). 2006. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147844234.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brockman, Kristin. "Constructive Alienation and Terror: An Analysis of Martha Rosler’s A Simple Case for Torture (Or How to Sleep at Night) (1983), Harun Farocki’s Inextinguishable Fire (1969), and Eye/Machines (2001-3)." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147844234

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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