Taking Measures - Usages of Formats in Film and Video Art sociology would it crumble

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Taking Measures - Usages of Formats in Film and Video Art sociology would it crumbleThe books titleTaking Measureshas a double meaning: as a reference to the practices of measurement and to the political potential of power and resistance. Throughout their history to today, film and video have served as measuring devices for scientific, economic, political, and other purposes, and have been employed in a variety of fields beyond art. In acknowledging these uses also lies the opportunity for art to test its own effectiveness in public