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When Site Lost the Plot by Robin Mackay - ISBN: 9780957529564
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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.

When Site Lost the Plot

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    3 April 2015

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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 nom…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780957529564
ISBN-10:0957529562
Author:Robin Mackay, Roman Vasseur, Yves Mettler, Nick Ferguson, John Gerrard, Andrea Philips, Matthew Poole, Benedict Singleton, Ilona Gaynor
Publisher:Urbanomic Media Ltd
Imprint:Urbanomic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:3 April 2015
Weight:392g
Dimensions:210mm x 146mm
Series:Urbanomic / Redactions
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Critics Review

“Site-specificity” has never been invoked as frequently and meaninglessly as it is in the art of today, making this volume’s critique and de-mystification a crucial intervention.

—Mostafa Heddaya, Blouin Artinfo International

About The Author

Robin Mackay

Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.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.Reza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher best known for pioneering the genre of “theory-fiction” with his book Cyclonopedia. (Urbanomic/Sequence Press).Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.

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