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Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts


SPRING/SUMMER 2004

table of contents

    1. In This Issue
    by Marisa S. Olson

    3. Sort/Filter/Form: Database Art
    by Philip Sherburne

    12. POP_Remix
    by Marisa S. Olson

    16. Portfolio

    24. Remixing game aesthetics in 21st Century Pop
    by José Luis de Vicente

    31. [MEDIA_SPACE] Models of Authorship in New Media
    by Lev Manovich

    38. In the Gallery
    Killer Shots
    Moving Targets
    2004 Phelan Award in Photography

    40. Exhibition Review
    Scanners
    by Holly Willis

    42. Book Review
    Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media
    by David Alm

    43. Books Noted
    by Whitney Grace & Aimee LeDuc

    46. Books Received



in this issue:

    POP_Remix

    This issue of Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts comes at a unique turn in art history. The art community has fallen in love with Pop art, all over again, and are rapidly mounting shows and publishing dossiers on the subject. Meanwhile, the academy has deemed the DJ the hero of postmodernity and montage is living out a splendid afterlife in the guise of the remix.

    As the English like to say, we’ve made a “mash” of the two, here. This issue, and the associated exhibition, POP_Remix (at SF Camerawork from May 11-June 12, 2004), “remix” art historical concerns about Pop art, while reminding readers of the unsung role of video & photographic media in that movement. The show, which is documented in the enclosed portfolio, highlights contemporary work drawing on popular films, television programs, and video games, positing a new brand of Pop.

    Meanwhile, three essayists leap off of this theme with articles on the state of contemporary art practice. DJ & art critic Philip Sherburne links the history of the photographic series with a burgeoning “database aesthetic.” José Luis de Vicente writes about the status of the video game in the contemporary art world and surveys artists using them as source material in a diverse range of projects. Finally, in the [Media_Space] column, Lev Manovich writes about new models of creative authorship unfolding in the age of the remix.

    Both the exhibition and this issue of the Journal reflect Camerawork’s efforts to trace the evolution of photographic media into other light- & lens-based genres. If anything, they yield new revelations about the important influence of photography on pop culture. Repeating one’s history has never been so fun!

    Marisa S. Olson
    Editor

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