Taking Measures: Usages of Formats in Film and Video Art

An exploration of film and video as devices to test art’s effectiveness in public space. This book’s title—Taking Measures—has a double meaning: it references both the practices of measurement and the political potential of power and resistance. Throughout history, film and video have served as measuring devices for scientific, economic, and political purposes, and have been employed in a variety of fields beyond art. Acknowledging these uses also creates the opportunity for art to test its...