Recycled Culture in Contemporary Art and Film

Vera Dika explores the reuse of images plots and genres of film history from a broad range of critical perspectives. Examining works of art and film that resist the pull of the past Dika provides an in-depth analysis within a variety of media including performance photography Punk film and examples from mainstream American and European cinema. Her study analyzes avant-garde art work within the context of contemporary mainstream film practice as well as in relationship to their historical moment.