(Re)made in China
$120.00
Unit price
/
per
Author: Anna Grasskamp (ed.)
The reuse and recycling of materials that were made in China has a short history in the daily activities of private households worldwide, but a long his- tory in art, craft, and design. Focusing on the practices of artists, craftspeo- ple, and designers, and their re-eval- uation of unwanted, pre-used, and discarded materials, this volume pres- ents new research on material culture from China, one of the world’s leadingwaste-receiving and waste-producing countries, in a global context. Through the lens of an ecocritical history of art, craft, and design, it studies creative engagements with matter related to aspects of (dis)connectivity, consid- ering how the meanings and values attributed to objects and raw materi- als can change radically as they travel across historical and cultural divides.
ISBN 9783111331478. De Gruyter. pb. 240 pages. 58 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.
not yet published
The reuse and recycling of materials that were made in China has a short history in the daily activities of private households worldwide, but a long his- tory in art, craft, and design. Focusing on the practices of artists, craftspeo- ple, and designers, and their re-eval- uation of unwanted, pre-used, and discarded materials, this volume pres- ents new research on material culture from China, one of the world’s leadingwaste-receiving and waste-producing countries, in a global context. Through the lens of an ecocritical history of art, craft, and design, it studies creative engagements with matter related to aspects of (dis)connectivity, consid- ering how the meanings and values attributed to objects and raw materi- als can change radically as they travel across historical and cultural divides.
ISBN 9783111331478. De Gruyter. pb. 240 pages. 58 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.
not yet published