New Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy for a Common World - Couverture souple

Garcés, Marina

 
9781839762987: New Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy for a Common World

Synopsis

The ways we encounter contemporary art and performance is changing. Installations brim with archival documents. Dances stretch for weeks. Performances last a minute. Exhibitions are spread out over thirty venues. There are endless artworks about mid-century architecture and design. How are we expected to engage with today's diverse practise? Is the old model of close-looking still the ideal, or has it given way to browsing, skimming, and sampling?

Across four essays, art historian and critic Claire Bishop identifies trends in contemporary practice - research-based installations, performance exhibitions, interventions, and invocations of modernist architecture - and their challenges to traditional modes of attention. Charting a critical path through the last three decades, Bishop pinpoints how spectatorship and visual literacy are evolving under the pressures of digital technology.

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À propos de l'auteur

Marina Garces is a philosopher, activist and teacher from Barcelona. In her work, she focuses on politics and critical thinking. She expresses the need for a philosophical voice capable of challenging and commitment. She rethinks the relation of humans to the world and points out how easily humanity accepts forms of oppression instead of striving for dignity. Some of her most famous books are Filosofía inacabada, Nova illustració radical y Escuela de aprendices.

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