California and the Disappearance of the Outside
ed. by Diedrich Diederichsen, Anselm Franke ; with contr. by Kodwo Eshun, Norman M. Klein, Eva Meyer ...[et al.]
- Auteur(s)
- Kodwo Eshun, Norman M. Klein, Eva Meyer, ...[et al.]
- Editor(s)
- Diedrich Diederichsen, Anselm Franke
- Uitgever
- Berlin : Sternberg Press, 2013
- Omvang
- 208 p., geïllustreerd, 32 cm.
- ISBN
- 9783943365641
In the year 1966, a young man named Stewart Brand handed out buttons in San Francisco reading: “Why haven’t we seen a photograph of the whole Earth yet?” Two years later, the NASA photograph of the “blue planet” appeared on the cover of the Whole Earth Catalog. The photo of the blue planet developed a sphere of influence like almost no other image: it stands not only for ecological awareness and crisis but also for a new sense of unity and globalization. The exhibition “The Whole Earth” is an essay composed of cultural-historical materials and artistic positions that critically address the rise of the image of “One Earth” and the ecological paradigm associated with it. The accompanying publication includes image-rich visual essays that explore key themes: “Universalism,” “Whole Systems,” “Boundless Interior,” and “Apocalypse, Babylon, Simulation,” among others. These are surrounded by critical essays that shed light onto 1960s California and the networked culture that emerged from it.
- Trefwoorden
- critical aesthetics , ecology
- Locatie in de bibliotheek
- Kast 9 - 2: Kunst stromingen en thema's
- Opmerkingen
- Incl. notes, biographies.
