The Accident of Art
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
12 August 2005
Summary
There is a catastrophe within contemporary art. What I call the “optically correct” is at stake. The vision machine and the motor have triggered it, but the visual arts haven’t learned from it. Instead, they’ve masked this failure with commercial success. This “accident” is provoking a reversal of values. In my view, this is positive- the accident reveals something important we would not otherwise know how to perceive.-Paul Virilio, The Accident of ArtUrbanist and technological theorist Paul …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781584350200 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1584350202 |
| Author: | Paul Virilio, Sylvère Lotringer, Mike Taormina |
| Publisher: | Autonomedia |
| Imprint: | Semiotext |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 12 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
“There is a catastrophe within contemporary art. What I call the “optically correct” is at stake. The vision machine and the motor have triggered it, but the visual arts haven’t learned from it. Instead, they’ve masked this failure with commercial success. This “accident” is provoking a reversal of values. In my view, this is positive: the accident reveals something important we would not otherwise know how to perceive. - Paul Virilio, The Accident of Art”
About The Author
Paul Virilio
Sylv re Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.Paul Virilio was born in 1932 and has published a wide range of books, essays, and interviews grappling with the question of speed and technology, including Speed and Politics, The Aesthetics of Disappearance, and The Accident of Art, all published by Semiotext(e).
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