Waiting for High Water

by Hubert Damisch

Publication documenting Sterbak's new investigation into our perception of and relationship to technology. First explored in 'From Here to There', (presented at the 2003 Venice Biennial) wherein she manipulated images produced with the assistance of a miniature camera worn by a Jack Russell terrier, this new project goes even further. In 'Waiting for High Water', Stanley the terrier now wears three miniature cameras. The resulting muti-screen projection invites the viewer on a hallucinatory journey through the streets of Venice at the peak of its acqua alta, or high tide. Philosopher and curator Hubert Damisch contributes an essay in English and French. Exquisitely produced with a translucent dustjacket and multiple fold outs.

83 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 2006

About the author

Hubert Damisch (born 1928), is a French philosopher specialised in aesthetics and art history, and professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris from 1975 until 1996.

Damisch studied at the Sorbonne with Maurice Merleau-Ponty and, later, with Pierre Francastel. In 1967 he founded the Cercle d’histoire/théorie de l’art that would later become the CEHTA (Centre d'histoire et théorie des arts)[1] at the EHESS.[2]

Damisch has written extensively on the history and theory of painting, architecture, photography, cinema, theatre, and the museum. His works are landmark references for a theory of visual representations.