Alfredo Jaar: Studies on Happiness

by Edward A. Vazquez

A richly illustrated survey of Alfredo Jaar's Studies on Happiness (1979-1981) and its deep political stakes in the historical context of Chile's neoliberal transition.

Between 1979 and 1981, Alfredo Jaar asked Chileans a deceptively simple question: "Are you happy?" Through private interviews, sidewalk polls and video-recorded forums, among other interventions, Jaar's three-year and seven-phase project, Studies on Happiness,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846382599
• ISBN13: 9781846382598
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Afterall Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 8.3"