Introduction
Patrick Brian Smith
From Spatial Violence and the Documentary Image (2024), pp. 1-28, doi:10.59860/mi.c7c138e
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| Part of the book: Spatial Violence and the Documentary Image Patrick Brian Smith Moving Image 15 Legenda Abstract. This introduction focuses on the emerging intersections between the spatial and political in contemporary documentary practice. It argues that spatiality has increasingly been perceived as a site of contestation and conflict under contemporary social, economic, and political conditions and their interrelated power relations. It maps a broad range of contemporary documentary works that are invested in examining the spatial dynamics of modern forms of political violence, exploitation, and injustice. What are the specific properties of the documentary image that might make it a privileged medium for exploring such forms of spatio-political violence? How might a concentrated investigation of diverse political spaces and sites of contestation and conflict help to reveal the layers of spatial violence, exploitation, and injustice embedded within them? The introduction engages with Patrick Keiller’s London (1994) and James Bridle’s Se ti sabir (2019), unpacking how they critically focus on specific spaces and landscapes to reveal broader formations of state and corporate power and violence. Full text. This contribution is published as Open Access and can be downloaded as a PDF, or viewed as a PDF in your web browser, here: |
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