Power of Wonder, the
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Author: Markus Heinzelmann (ed)
For the longest time, physical matter was seen as no more than a passive and lifeless object. Since the early years of the 21st century, however, visual artists and scientists alike have initiated a change of thinking, conceiving matter as active, unruly and autonomous. This pioneering publication features six selected artistic positions that highlight the New Materialism’s significance for contemporary art, lending a powerful voice in contemporary debates about our environment. The ethnologist Hans Peter Hahn has called it the 'willfulness of things', while the Belgian philosopher Isabelle Stengers has underscored the 'power of wonder' – the bracing sense of marvel and surprise instilled by a material world that sometimes defies the attempt to put it into words.With works by Ilana Halperin, Agata Ingarden, David Jablonowski, Markus Karstieß, Robert Smithson, and SUPERFLEX.
ISBN 9783969120828. DCV. pb. 176 pages. 93 ills. 21 x 28 cm.
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For the longest time, physical matter was seen as no more than a passive and lifeless object. Since the early years of the 21st century, however, visual artists and scientists alike have initiated a change of thinking, conceiving matter as active, unruly and autonomous. This pioneering publication features six selected artistic positions that highlight the New Materialism’s significance for contemporary art, lending a powerful voice in contemporary debates about our environment. The ethnologist Hans Peter Hahn has called it the 'willfulness of things', while the Belgian philosopher Isabelle Stengers has underscored the 'power of wonder' – the bracing sense of marvel and surprise instilled by a material world that sometimes defies the attempt to put it into words.With works by Ilana Halperin, Agata Ingarden, David Jablonowski, Markus Karstieß, Robert Smithson, and SUPERFLEX.
ISBN 9783969120828. DCV. pb. 176 pages. 93 ills. 21 x 28 cm.
available