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OverviewAfter 450 years of colonial administration, Portugal returned the territory of Macau to the People?s Republic of China in 1999. The government subsequently liberalized the local casino monopoly and opened the industry to investment by foreign gaming companies who have poured billions of dollars into the city. As a result, Macau has become the world?s most lucrative site of casino gaming, generating annual revenues quadruple those of Las Vegas. Transnational investment has created a phantasmagorical cityscape of iconic glass buildings and themed casino resorts sat astride colonial era buildings and monuments. Roger Palmer?s two series of photographs use old and new technologies to reflect on the spatial confines of Macau. Analogue black and white pictures employ outmoded techniques to frame views of urban and maritime landscapes in a densely populated zone that is constantly suspended between development and decay. Through a series of digital photographs Palmer represents evidence of contemporary signage found in different parts of Macau. The title Macao Macau refers to the cultural characteristic that Walter Benjamin called ?porosity?, a quality that has contributed to Macau?s ambiguous sovereignty, ill-defined geographic borders, and hybrid cultural life and one which is present too in the strange slippage of the uncertain Romanized spelling of the place. Such porosity is what fascinates Palmer about Macau and what drives the approach of his photography and those statements that his work helps to make. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tim Simpson , Roger PalmerPublisher: Black Dog Press Imprint: Black Dog Publishing London UK Weight: 0.637kg ISBN: 9781908966414ISBN 10: 1908966416 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 02 April 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRoger Palmer is an artist who works with photography, wall-drawing, text and other media. His work contributes to international debates on the representation of landscape and its relationship to colonial and post-colonial discourse. He was recently a Professor of Fine Art at Leeds University. Tim Simpson is an Associate Professor of Communication and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Macau. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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