Annotated Bibliography
Baudrillard,
Jean. Simulacra and Simulation. Translated by Sheila Faria Glaser. United
States of America: University of Michigan Press, 1994.
Baudrillards, Simulacra and Simulation is an
extensive theoretical analysis of sign systems and the implementation of them
into a media soaked and capitalist driven society. Discussions of reality
centering around assimilation of signs to be ‘realer than real’ assisted in the
chapter ‘The implosion of Meaning in the Media’. Here Baudrillard discuss’
Malcolm McLuhan’s ‘the medium is the message’ in regards to mass media which
thus assisted in applying a theoretical framework outside of just visual
analysis.
Nakas,
Kassandra & Britta Schmitz, edit., The Atlas Group
(1989-2004) : a project by Walid Raad. Köln: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2006.
Nakas and Schmitz’s retrospective publication in
conjunction with the exhibition of the same title held at Nationalgalerie im
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin provides an extensive
breakdown of the groups work I the titled date ranges. This was extremely
useful in developing a critical eye that fell simply beyond and archival visual
analysis. Particularly in the development of a media centric political reality
framework
The Atlas Group Archive. Accessed September 5, 2012. http://www.theatlasgroup.org/
Serving as the online component of the Atlas groups
archive the website catalogues all works in the mediums produced. The website
(although asked not to be used in course outline) was fundamental in
understanding the archives system of cataloguing. It also served as an
interesting observation in the sites two loading speeds, this triggering the
need to consider what exactly Lebanon’s geographical and contemporary
positioning meant in regards to the media critique.
Document Title: Missing Lebanese wars_Notebook Volume 72
by and/or attributed to: Dr. Fadl Fakhouri
date of production: 1989
Number of plates: 20
Dimensions of plates: 25 x 32 cm
Format: Colour photographs
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