Co-published by Lisson Gallery and the MIT Press. Includes bibliographical references and filmography.
Contents:
Garrett Bradley in conversation with / Alexandra Bell -- Filmography, 2001-22 / Garrett Bradley -- Back to black: lime kiln club field day / Ashley Clark -- In a (not so) silent way: listening past black visuality in Symbiopsychotaxiplasm / Charles P. Linscott -- The art of nonfiction no. 1 / Joan Didion in conversation with Hilton Als -- Citizen: an American lyric / Claudia Rankine -- Garrett Bradley in conversation with / Huey Copeland -- Godmother's rules / Valerie Boyd -- Color struck, a play in four scenes / Zora Neale Hurston -- Rest notes: on black sleep aesthetics / Josie Roland Hudson -- Garrett Bradley in conversation with / Tyler Mitchell -- Trauma, time theft, and the captive maternal / Joy James -- Time in the mind / Doreen St. Félix -- Garrett Bradley in conversation with / Suzanne McClelland -- Glitch ghosts / Legacy Russell -- Garrett Bradley in conversation with / Linda Goode Bryant and Arthur Jaffa -- Killer of sheep / Jeffrey Skoller -- The capacities of waiting / Kevin Quashie -- Garrett Bradley in conversation with / Alexandra Bell -- Filmography captions
Summary:
Garrett Bradley works across narrative, documentary, and experimental modes of filmmaking to address themes such as race, class, familial relationships, social justice, and cultural histories in the United States. Her collaborative and research-based approach to filmmaking is often inspired by the real-life stories of her protagonists. This book explores Bradley's work through the lens of devotion and features conversations with the artist and contributions from the likes of Ashley Clark, Arthur Jafa, Joy James, Tyler Mitchell, Kevin Quashie, and Claudia Rankine. This is the first volume in a new series of readers copublished with Lisson Gallery entitled Re:, which will respond to a number of its artists and themes past and present. Adopting archival material alongside newly shot footage, Bradley's films exist simultaneously in the past, present, and future, not only disrupting our perception of time, but also breaking down our preconceived ideas about objectivity, perspective, and truth-telling. These narratives unfold naturally in both feature-length and short form, revealing a multitude of individual and collective stories. The social, economic, and racial politics of everyday life--its joys, pleasures, and pains--are lyrically and intimately rendered on screen.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.