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
Urbanist and technological theorist Paul Virilio trained as a painter, studying under Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Bazaine and de Stael. In The Accident of Art, his third extended conversation with Sylvère Lotringer, Virilio addresses the situation of art within technological society for the first time. This book completes a collaborative trilogy the two began in 1982 with Pure War and continued with Crepuscular Dawn, their 2002 work on architecture and biotechnology. In The Accident of Art, Virilio and Lotringer argue that a direct relation exists between war trauma and art. Why has art failed to reinvent itself in the face of technology, unlike performing art? Why has art simply retreated into painting, or surrendered to digital technology? Accidents, Virilio claims, can free us from speed's inertia. As technological catastrophes, accidents are inventions in their own right.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 1584350202-2-1
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 1172267-n
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. New. Seller Inventory # 27-05233
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-1584350202-new
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # GB-9781584350200
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_1584350202
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9781584350200-GDR
Book Description Condition: New. In English. Seller Inventory # ria9781584350200_new
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 128 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __1584350202
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Virilio discusses the relationship of war trauma and art and the failure of visual art to reinvent itself when confronted with technology. Seller Inventory # B9781584350200