Tony Oursler / Vox Vernacular

Laurent Busine, Denis Gielen, Tony Oursler , Billy Rubin

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Yale University Press
25 February 2014

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Installation art; Individual artists, art monographs

"American artist Tony Oursler (b. 1957) gathers inspiration from the way people's desires are extended through interaction with mass media, specifically cinema, television, and the internet, and creates fascinating video installations that combine words with projections of grotesque and sublime images. Tony Oursler / Vox Vernacular compiles fifty transcripts of Oursler's videos, offering an entirely new way to apprehend the nuances of his work. The selection of pieces featured in this publication date from between 1977 and 2013, spanning nearly the entirety of Oursler's practice. Adding valuable context are scholarly essays explaining Oursler's creative process and full-color illustrations of his videos.

Among other revelations, these transcripts show that Oursler is not merely a video artist, but a writer as well. The vernacular language that Oursler employs is written to be spoken by ""electronic entities"" and carries a sort of musical cadence that makes his text surprisingly lyrical. This comprehensive anthology uncovers the poetry in Oursler's work and captures the unique nature of his artistic voice.

Distributed for Mercatorfonds

Exhibition Schedule:

Musée des Arts Contemporains au Grand-Hornu, Belgium (11/17/13–02/23/14)"

Preface by: Laurent Busine
Contributions by: Tony Oursler, Billy Rubin
Edited by: Denis Gielen
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 222mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 1.429kg
ISBN: 9780300204483
ISBN 10: 0300204485
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 February 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laurent Busine is director and Denis Gielen is assistant director, both at the Musée des Arts Contemporains au Grand-Hornu, Belgium. Tony Oursler is a video artist.