Birgit Mersmann
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Migrant Portraiture and Life Imaging in Fazal Sheikh’s Photodocumentaries Open
This article explores the role of migrant photo portraiture for life imaging by providing a close reading of two photobooks by contemporary photographer Fazal Sheikh – A Sense of Common Ground (1996) and The Victor Weeps. Afghanistan (1998…
Photo-translation Open
This article introduces the concept of ‘photo-translation’ for studying documentary photography as a collaborative practice of visual translation. The visual-translational approach to photo documentation is applied in a novel way to the em…
Case Studies of Global Transference. Language, Media and Culture Translation in Xu Bing’s Writing-Art Open
En la era del arte contemporáneo global, la traducibilidad cultural, lingüística y mediática de las obras de arte es esencial para llegar a públicos, instituciones artísticas y mercados artísticos transnacionalmente diversificados. La prác…
Performing the City’s Urban Imaginary – the New Taipei City Museum of Art Open
Aspiring global cities, such as Taipei City in Taiwan, seek to accumulate cultural capital. For future-oriented local and global self-representation, they design cutting-edge contemporary museums. This paper analyzes the “urban imaginary” …