Tarek Elhaik is assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis and a film curator. His writings have appeared in books and journals and he has curated several programs and symposia on avant-garde cinema from Latin America and the Arab World. He is also part of a collaborative team of researchers, hosted by the Los Angeles Film Forum and funded by the Getty Foundation, currently curating an anthology and various platforms on experimental media in Latin America.

Tarek Elhaik’s first book—an ethnographic examination of multi-media artists, curators, and fellow anthropologists loosely centered around Mexico City—is a bold, highly theoretical… sophisticated book, steeped in an eclectic blend of cutting-edge anthropology, continental philosophy, and contemporary art theory.'

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: States of Curation1: Curatorial Work2: The Incurable-Image3: Roger Bartra: Intrusion & Melancholia4: Post-Mexican Fugue (Farewell to ¡Que Viva Mexico!)5: The Incurable Park: Fundidora6: Untimely FuturesEpilogueEndnotesBibliographyIndex

Tarek Elhaik is assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis and a film curator. His writings have appeared in books and journals and he has curated several programs and symposia on avant-garde cinema from Latin America and the Arab World. He is also part of a collaborative team of researchers, hosted by the Los Angeles Film Forum and funded by the Getty Foundation, currently curating an anthology and various platforms on experimental media in Latin America.

Tarek Elhaik’s first book—an ethnographic examination of multi-media artists, curators, and fellow anthropologists loosely centered around Mexico City—is a bold, highly theoretical… sophisticated book, steeped in an eclectic blend of cutting-edge anthropology, continental philosophy, and contemporary art theory.'

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: States of Curation1: Curatorial Work2: The Incurable-Image3: Roger Bartra: Intrusion & Melancholia4: Post-Mexican Fugue (Farewell to ¡Que Viva Mexico!)5: The Incurable Park: Fundidora6: Untimely FuturesEpilogueEndnotesBibliographyIndex

Tarek Elhaik is assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis and a film curator. His writings have appeared in books and journals and he has curated several programs and symposia on avant-garde cinema from Latin America and the Arab World. He is also part of a collaborative team of researchers, hosted by the Los Angeles Film Forum and funded by the Getty Foundation, currently curating an anthology and various platforms on experimental media in Latin America.

Tarek Elhaik’s first book—an ethnographic examination of multi-media artists, curators, and fellow anthropologists loosely centered around Mexico City—is a bold, highly theoretical… sophisticated book, steeped in an eclectic blend of cutting-edge anthropology, continental philosophy, and contemporary art theory.'

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: States of Curation1: Curatorial Work2: The Incurable-Image3: Roger Bartra: Intrusion & Melancholia4: Post-Mexican Fugue (Farewell to ¡Que Viva Mexico!)5: The Incurable Park: Fundidora6: Untimely FuturesEpilogueEndnotesBibliographyIndex