{"product_id":"she-mad","title":"She Mad","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks by Martine Syms explore how mass media shapes and frames identities and cultures. Drawing from early cinema, television, the internet, social media, and ambient footage produced by phones and surveillance, Syms addresses the ways in which representations of black identity and gender appear in the public imagination. \u003cem\u003eShe Mad\u003c\/em\u003e gathers materials and documentation on Martine Syms’ seminal episodic project of the same name. Each episode of this series takes a different format, using various narrative formats, from sitcoms to TikTok videos, and includes filmed footage as well as research materials. Each episode revolves around a protagonist, also named Martine – an overachieving, stoner graphic designer who lives in Hollywood and wishes she were an important artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first episode \u003cem\u003ePilot for a Show about Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) merges a semi-autobiographical account of Syms’ own life as a young black woman with a video essay-like narrative on the history of commercial television and its assumed target audiences. The episode \u003cem\u003eLaughing Gas\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) draws on early cinema, specifically the 1907 silent film of the same name by Edwin Porter, one of the earliest examples of a black female actress, Bertha Regustus, performing an independent role on-screen. \u003cem\u003eIntro to Threat Modeling\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) is told through email exchanges, screengrabs, and an avatar, outlining the effects of surveillance on subjectivity. The episode \u003cem\u003eBitch Zone\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) takes us to an empowerment programme for teenage girls founded by supermodel and business mogul Tyra Banks. [publishers’ note]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is published on the occasion of the exhibition of \u003cem\u003eShe Mad – Season One\u003c\/em\u003e at Bergen Kunsthall, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith texts by Jadine Collingwood, William Pym, Axel Wieder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sternberg Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358025032020,"sku":"A8B-33698","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/she_20mad.jpg?v=1790813808","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/she-mad","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}