The past is the present ; it's the future too: the temporal turn in contemporary art

"The term temporality often refers to the traditional mode of the way time is: a linear procession of past, present and future. As philosophers will note, this is not always the case. Christine Ross builds on current philosophical and theoretical examinations of time and applies them to the fie...

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Main Author: Ross, Christine 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Continuum 2012
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Online Access:UBT01
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Summary:"The term temporality often refers to the traditional mode of the way time is: a linear procession of past, present and future. As philosophers will note, this is not always the case. Christine Ross builds on current philosophical and theoretical examinations of time and applies them to the field of contemporary art: films, video installations, sculpture and performance works. Ross first provides an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary studies on time, focusing on findings in philosophy, psychology, sociology, communications, history, postcolonial studies, and ecology. She then illustrates how contemporary artistic practices play around with what we consider linear time. Engaging the work of artists such as Guido van der Werve, Melik Ohanian, Harun Farocki, and Stan Douglas, allows investigation though the art, as opposed to having art taking an ancillary role. The Past is the Present; It's the Future Too forces the reader to understand the complexities of the significance of temporal development in new artistic practices"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Temporal Investigations in Contemporary Art, Social Sciences, and the Humanities: A Comparative View; Chapter 2: Ecology; Chapter 3: Potentiality; Chapter 4: Ruination Gone Wrong; Chapter 5: Simultaneity I; Chapter 6: Simultaneity II; Chapter 7: The Historical Sublime, or Longue Durée Revisited; Notes; Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 348 Seiten)
ISBN:9781628928433
9781441105929
9781441147745
DOI:10.5040/9781628928433

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