The Accident of Art

Sylvère Lotringer and Paul Virilio

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Author(s)

Sylvère Lotringer, Paul Virilio

Publication

New York : Semiotext(e), 2005

Scope

119 Pages, 22 cm.

ISBN

1584350202

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In this book the writers argue that a direct relation exists between war trauma and art. Why has art failed to reinvent itself in the face of technology, unlike the performing arts? Accidents are inventions in their own right. They can also free us from speed-induced inertia.

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Keywords

body , architecture , trauma , war

Location

Cabinet 10 - 4: Kunst ; teksten

Extra themes

Body and Architecture

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.