Publisher's Synopsis
A productive and receptive treatment of film imagery has been around since the early 20th century. The anthropological figure homo ludens has also contributed to the victory of the visual media, in that the key activities of communal human life - communication through language, interpretation of the world, the fostering of community - are all influenced by play. In this sense, art is a form of play turned into form, with content. 'Sichtspiele' presents film and video. All the works included in the publication create a playful tension between visual representation and compositional form.
