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Art as Far as the Eye Can See
Paul Virilio
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Description for Art as Far as the Eye Can See
Hardcover. Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become technologized. This change reflects a broader social shift. Speed and politics have been transformed in the twenty-first century to speed and mass culture. This work puts art at the centre of politics. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF7; JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Paul Virilio puts art back where it matters - at the centre of politics. Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our new media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become technologized. This change reflects a broader social shift. Speed and politics - what Virilio defined as the key characteristics of the twentieth century - have been transformed in the twenty-first century to speed and mass culture. And the defining characteristic of mass culture today is panic. This induced panic relies on a new, all-seeing technology. And the first casualty ... Read more
Paul Virilio puts art back where it matters - at the centre of politics. Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our new media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become technologized. This change reflects a broader social shift. Speed and politics - what Virilio defined as the key characteristics of the twentieth century - have been transformed in the twenty-first century to speed and mass culture. And the defining characteristic of mass culture today is panic. This induced panic relies on a new, all-seeing technology. And the first casualty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845206116
SKU
V9781845206116
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About Paul Virilio
Paul Virilio is one of our foremost cultural critics. Architect and urban planner and former director of the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris, he has written widely on film, architecture, art, war and technology. Translated by Julie Rose, a freelance translator and winner of the PEN Medallion for Translation.
Reviews for Art as Far as the Eye Can See
An exceptional, even visionary mind. Leonardo Digital Reviews If Walter Benjamin had one true intellectual descendant who extended his inquiries into the second half of the twentieth century, this must be Paul Virilio. Lev Manovich, author of The Language of New Media Virilio is an impressive commentator on the conditioning power of the mass media ... He flits from image ... Read more