When Site Lost the Plot Contributor(s): MacKay, Robin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0957529562 ISBN-13: 9780957529564 Publisher: Urbanomic OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Art | Criticism & Theory |
Series: Urbanomic / Redactions |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.8" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 336 pages |
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Publisher Description: This collection charts some of the ways in which site continues to be a concern for contemporary practice, and introduces the concept of "plot" as an alternative. The critical concept of site-specificity once seemed to harbour the potential for disruption. But site-specific work has become increasingly assimilated into the capitalist logic of regeneration and value creation. The materialist critique of the art object has been shortcircuited by the franchised idiosyncrasies of international nomad fl neurs. And on a planet whose entire surface is mapped and apped, the concept of "site" itself becomes ever more problematic. How can we do justice to the particularity of local sites while unearthing their material conditions? What do a contemporary "geo-philosophy" and the historical legacy of site-specific art have to offer each other? Can we develop methods for the controlled unpacking of the local into the global, avoiding trivial reconciliations between local sites and their global conditions? When Site Lost the Plot charts some of the ways in which site continues to be a concern for contemporary practice; and introduces the concept of "plot" as an alternative approach. Alongside artists discussing their practice and their approach to site and plot, contributors from various disciplines introduce concepts from cartography, mathematics, film, fiction, design, and philosophy. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacKay, Robin: - Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.Negarestani, Reza: - Reza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher best known for pioneering the genre of "theory-fiction" with his book Cyclonopedia. (Urbanomic/Sequence Press).Mettler, Yves: - Yves Mettler is an artist with degrees in art and social sciences whose works have been shown internationally. He has previously published the book My Flowers Aren't Always Hiding Secrets. |