American Nights

In the visually overwhelming 5-channel film installation American Night (2009), on which this book is based, Rosefeldt on the one hand reflects on the genre of the Western, with its now traditional motifs, while at the same time unmasking the cinematic logic of its scenes by also offering a look behind the scenes, at the set and the production process; on the other hand, in the installation Rosefeldt connects America's founding myth with its current hegemonic foreign policy. Julian Rosefeldt's American Night is published by Kunstmuseum Bonn, in cooperation with EX3-Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Florence.