Slide Show offers the first focused and extensive survey of slide projection as an artistic medium, examining the rise of projected images in the 1960s as a new art form. Beginning with the invention of the magic lantern in 1656, the history of projected still images is traced, through the rise in projected photographs in late nineteenth century America, the use of slide projection in educational contexts and for sales presentations in business, to the widespread adoption of the slide as the medium for recording family holidays in the 1950s, and the medium's appropriation by artists suspicious of the 'art object'. The standard, eighty slot slide carousel, which came on the market in 1960, provided a means of presenting a never-ending looped sequence of images. They could be combined with music, spoken commentary or performance events.
The way that artists have deployed slide projection in the last half of the twentieth century is explored in essays by three leading art-historical authorities, bringing a fresh perspective to this neglected aspect of recent art history. Throughout the book, slides are illustrated as projected works rather than as stills on the page, making this a unique visual resource for those interested in the field.
Artists featured include Lothar Baumgarten, Marcel Broodthaers, James Coleman, Jan Dibbets, Willie Doherty, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Ana Mendieta, Jonathan Monk, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Smithson and Krysztof Wodiczko.
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