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Too Big to Scale: On Scaling Space, Number, Time and Energy
Florian Dombois
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Description for Too Big to Scale: On Scaling Space, Number, Time and Energy
Paperback. Presents contributions to a trans-disciplinary discussion on scaling and the use of cameras in intellectual and imaginative processes, and features essays by international artists, designers, engineers and scholars. Editor(s): Harboe, Julie. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 colour, 57 b&w. BIC Classification: AGZ; AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140. .
The 21st century is unthinkable without its past of unrestricted scaling in almost any way of life. A key driver of technological progress is mankind's ability to imagine things at a larger, or smaller, scale; processes at higher, or slower, speed, or to virtually apply more or less energy to something. This ability has been evident ever since we began to produce and represent art, yet it gained an entirely different dimension with the onset of industrialisation in the 19th century. This new book collects essays by fourteen artists, designers, engineers, and scholars. They discuss the significance of scaling ... Read more
The 21st century is unthinkable without its past of unrestricted scaling in almost any way of life. A key driver of technological progress is mankind's ability to imagine things at a larger, or smaller, scale; processes at higher, or slower, speed, or to virtually apply more or less energy to something. This ability has been evident ever since we began to produce and represent art, yet it gained an entirely different dimension with the onset of industrialisation in the 19th century. This new book collects essays by fourteen artists, designers, engineers, and scholars. They discuss the significance of scaling ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Zurich, Switzerland
ISBN
9783858817938
SKU
V9783858817938
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99-15
About Florian Dombois
Florian Dombois holds a PhD degree in geophysics. He lives and works as an artist in Zurich, where he also teaches as a professor at Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK. Julie Harboe is an art critic and curator and currently also works as a researcher amd lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
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