Foreclosed: Between Crisis and Possibility

This Volume Offers A Critical Reevaluation Of The Term Foreclosure: It Can Refer Not Only To A Forced Eviction But Also To Processes Of Exclusion--a Shutting Down Of Recognition, Reflection, And Debate. Through Work In Photography, Film, Video, Installation, And Performance, The Seven Artists Represented In This Volume Investigate The Expanded Meaning Of Foreclosure By Reexamining The Systems That Have Produced Crises, Instead Of Focusing On The Aftermath. Four Discerning Essays From A Team Of International Curators Discuss Foreclosure As Both A Generative Concept And A Curatorial Strategy, Allowing The Text Itself To Become A Platform For Critique. --from The Publisher. Kamal Aljafari -- Yto Barrada -- Tania Brugera -- Claude Closky -- Harun Farocki -- Allan Sekula -- David Shrigley -- Forgotten Spaces -- Foreclosure/foreclosed -- City As Stage -- Estuaries Of Thought / Jennifer Burris -- Staging: Experiments In Social Configuration / Sofia Olascoaga -- Construction/destruction In Cinematic Spaces / Sadia Shirazi -- Abstract Patterns, Material Conditions / Gaia Tedone. [curated By] Jennifer Burris, Sofía Olascoaga, Sadia Shirazi, Gaia Tedone. Published On The Occasion Of An Exhibition Organized By The Whitney Museum Of American Art Independent Study Program And Held At The Kitchen From May 20 To June 11, 2011. Exhibition Features Works By Kamal Aljafari, Yto Barrada, Tania Bruguera, Claude Closky, Harun Farocki, Allan Sekula, And David Shrigley, And Is Curated By Jennifer Burris, Sofía Olascoaga, Sadia Shirazi, And Gaia Tedone, Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellows Of The Whitney Independent Study Program, 2010-2011. Includes Bibliographical References.