Incurable-Image

Tarek Elhaik is assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis and a film curator. His writings have appeared in books and journals and he has curated several programs and symposia on avant-garde cinema from Latin America and the Arab World. He is also part of a collaborative team of researchers, hosted by the Los Angeles Film Forum and funded by the Getty Foundation, currently curating an anthology and various platforms on experimental media in Latin America.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: States of Curation1: Curatorial Work2: The Incurable-Image3: Roger Bartra: Intrusion & Melancholia4: Post-Mexican Fugue (Farewell to ¡Que Viva Mexico!)5: The Incurable Park: Fundidora6: Untimely FuturesEpilogueEndnotesBibliographyIndex

Tarek Elhaik’s first book—an ethnographic examination of multi-media artists, curators, and fellow anthropologists loosely centered around Mexico City—is a bold, highly theoretical… sophisticated book, steeped in an eclectic blend of cutting-edge anthropology, continental philosophy, and contemporary art theory.'