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The act of bearing witness can reveal much, but what about the figure of the witness itself? As contemporary culture is increasingly dominated by surveillance, the witness--whether artist, historian, scientist, government official, or ordinary citizen--has become empowered in realms from art to politics. In Seeing Witness, Jane Blocker challenges the implicit authority of witnessing through the examination of a series of contemporary artworks, all of which make the act of witnessing visible, open to inspection and critique.
The act of bearing witness can reveal much, but what about the figure of the witness itself? As contemporary culture is increasingly dominated by surveillance,
For the last ten years Betsy Groves has been working with children traumatized by witnessing violence. In this book she shows how children understand, respond t
The book explores the concept of artistic witnessing as political activity. In which ways may art and artists bear witness to political events? The Contributors