The Aesthetics of Disappearance - Softcover

Virilio, Paul

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9781570270413: The Aesthetics of Disappearance

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ISBN 10: 1570270414 ISBN 13: 9781570270413

Publisher: Semiotext, 1991

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In The Aesthetics of Disappearance, Paul Virilio traces out the relationship of biological optics to the technological "production of appearance." In the perceptual gaps demanding illusions of continuity, Virilio posits a hyper-opportunity for the production of art in speed. Jumping from Old Testament parable to the history of contemporary cinema, to the history of philosophy and contemporary technology, Virilio teleports among an irregular constellation of high-speed artifice where love is a motion faster than light and the paradoxes of empiricism mire science in "motion without mobility."

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About the Author:

Paul Virilio has published twenty-five books, including Pure War (1988) (his first in English) and The Accident of Art (2005), both written with Sylvère Lotringer, as well as Speed and Politics and Lost Dimension, all published by Semiotext(e).

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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