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Bal uses a systematic framework to better explain how narratives function, are formed, and eventually interpreted by the reader, while presenting a comprehensive study of the surface perception of language, the perceived narrative world, point of view, and characterization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56299826839925,"sku":"9781442628342","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781442628342_319dc3ee-35ce-415e-9612-5723c94e5212.jpg?v=1786034250"},{"product_id":"9781474494236","title":"Image-Thinking","description":"In this rich, highly illustrated book, Mieke Bal takes us on a journey through the range of her work, using the concept of image-thinking as a point of connection between cultural analysis and artistic practice. Sharing a lifetime of experience of writing about art, making films and installations, as well as curating exhibitions, she shows us how these may be brought into dialogue with insights from theory.   Bal teaches us how to think with images, but also how to write and think – as artists and writers – about our own creative work. This is Mieke Bal at her most personal and her best.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56300445630837,"sku":"9781474494236","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781474494236_ffef6cd8-abce-46fa-a01b-6b1189a01ed5.jpg?v=1786020488"},{"product_id":"9783956795725","title":"Exhibition-ism","description":"\u003cb\u003eConsideration of recent shows of Mieke Bal's video work, framed by observations on contemporary sculpture's response to classics of the form.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eExhibition-ism\u003c\/i\u003e, theorist and artist Mieke Bal develops the idea that exhibiting is a significant form of the contemporary. In an exhibition, visitors are in the actual company of artworks that can perform. This book considers recent shows of Bal's own video work, and is framed by observations on contemporary sculpture's response to classics of the form. Looking at art as process, Bal makes the case that the being-together-in-time of an exhibition visit encourages and, if the curation is well-thought-out, can heighten the sense of the contemporaneity--art being more capable of this than anything else.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310906945909,"sku":"9783956795725","price":7.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783956795725_058f307b-0468-453c-a0fa-2da5200abe7c.jpg?v=1786035192"},{"product_id":"travelling-concepts-in-the-humanities","title":"Travelling Concepts in the Humanities","description":"\u003cp\u003eBal's focus for this book is the idea that interdisciplinarity in the humanities – necessary, exciting, serious – must seek its heuristic and methodological basis in concepts rather than its methods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481529065845,"sku":"9780802084101","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780802084101.jpg?v=1786089797"},{"product_id":"curating-through-signs","title":"Curating Through Signs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this interdisciplinary book, renowned cultural theorist Mieke Bal brings a semiotic lens to curatorial practice, presenting curating and art-making as dynamic sites of meaning-making. \u003c\/b\u003eGrounded in semiotics, the book delves into how signs and their interactions shape not only art but also the processes of curation, teaching, and engagement with culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining various case studies, including her own filmmaking alongside research by Michael Ann Holly, curatorial work by Kyoo Lee, sculptures by Doris Salcedo, urban art by migrants and refugees, and classroom interactions, the book conceptualises curating as a participatory practice. Whether in museums, classrooms, or other contexts, it demonstrates how curating can facilitate a shift from traditional, passive forms of viewing art to a more immersive, participatory form of “seeing\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigned for scholars, curators and students, this book extends Bal’s influential work on visual culture into the realm of curatorial practice, demonstrating how these practices can transform both the spaces in which art is presented and the way it is experienced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57503823757685,"sku":"9781350600799","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350600799.jpg?v=1786867536"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-mieke-bal.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}