Joan Jonas: I Want to Live in the Country (and Other Romances)

by Susan Morgan

Book Overview

An illustrated study of performance and video artist Joan Jonas's 1974 video, an elliptical narrative that moves between the countryside of Nova Scotia and the artists's New York City studio.

Joan Jonas approaches video as a drawing tool, a mirror, and a framing device. Since 1968, she has used video and performance to explore ways of seeing, the rhythms of ritual, and the archetypal authority of objects and gestures. With her influential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846380251
• ISBN13: 9781846380259
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Afterall Books
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher