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- catalog abstract "Torres videotaped in the abandoned village of Belchite in northeastern Spain, which was virtually destroyed in 1937 in a major battle of the Spanish Civil War. The artist also videotaped in New York's South Bronx, an urban battlefield scarred by peacetime destruction, which has become increasingly dead and abandoned with intermittent outbursts of violence. The installation consists of an environment of highly stylized ruins depicting both sites and including tenement buildings, a bombed-out church, a basketball court, and the shell of an automobile. Torres has also produced a self-contained, single-channel videotape on this subject. The theoretical premise for Belchite/South Bronx is that the difference between war and peace exists only on statistical and rhetorical levels.".
- catalog contributor b2570491.
- catalog contributor b2570492.
- catalog created "c1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "c1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 135.".
- catalog description "Introduction / Helaine Posner -- Absolute fire / Francesc Torres -- The ultimate reason / Mar Villaespesa -- Honor roll / Marilyn A. Zeitlin -- Epilogue / Francesc Torres.".
- catalog description "Torres videotaped in the abandoned village of Belchite in northeastern Spain, which was virtually destroyed in 1937 in a major battle of the Spanish Civil War. The artist also videotaped in New York's South Bronx, an urban battlefield scarred by peacetime destruction, which has become increasingly dead and abandoned with intermittent outbursts of violence. The installation consists of an environment of highly stylized ruins depicting both sites and including tenement buildings, a bombed-out church, a basketball court, and the shell of an automobile. Torres has also produced a self-contained, single-channel videotape on this subject. The theoretical premise for Belchite/South Bronx is that the difference between war and peace exists only on statistical and rhetorical levels.".
- catalog extent "135 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Belchite-South Bronx.".
- catalog identifier "0929597001".
- catalog isFormatOf "Belchite-South Bronx.".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "c1988.".
- catalog language "English and Spanish.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engspa".
- catalog publisher "[Amherst] : University Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst,".
- catalog relation "Belchite-South Bronx.".
- catalog subject "700/.92 20".
- catalog subject "Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog subject "N7113.T64 A4 1988".
- catalog subject "Torres, Francesc, 1948-".
- catalog subject "Video art 21st century Exhibitions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Helaine Posner -- Absolute fire / Francesc Torres -- The ultimate reason / Mar Villaespesa -- Honor roll / Marilyn A. Zeitlin -- Epilogue / Francesc Torres.".
- catalog title "Belchite-South Bronx : a trans-cultural and trans-historical landscape / Francesc Torres ; with essays by Helaine Posner ... [et al.] = Belchite-South Bronx : un paisaje trans-cultural y trans-histórico / Francesc Torres ; con textos de Helaine Posner ... [et al.].".
- catalog type "DVD-Video discs.".
- catalog type "text".