Be Here (and There) Now: The Spatial Dynamics of Screen-Reliant Installation Art

• Published in: Art journal (New York. 1960) Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 20 - 33
• Main Author: Mondloch, Kate
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Taylor & Francis 01.09.2007; College Art Association, Inc
• Subjects: Art criticism; Art exhibits; Art galleries & museums; Art history; Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968); Space; Table tennis; Television sets; New York

"A screen is a barrier," wrote the philosopher Stanley Cavell in 1971. "What does the silver screen screen? It screens me from the world it holds-that is, screens its existence from me." 1 Cavell was writing of the cinema, but his words are historically piquant for art criticism....