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The Sleep of Reason. Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art
Critical Perspectives in Contemporary Art
2024 || Paperback || Pieter Vermeulen || Owl Press
This book offers an original and thought-provoking exploration of a diverse range of contemporary artistic practices, set within a broader cultural context. It argues that art can teach us about the human condition and our way of co-inhabiting the world, in a unique interplay between reason and imagination, creation and contemplation, poetry and inquiry. While acknowledging that art may not have the power to save the world, the author contends that it offers profound insights into our existen...
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UNFOLDING SPECTATORSHIP (POD)
Shifting Political, Ethical and Intermedial Positions
2019 || Paperback || Christel Stalpaert e.a. || Academia Press || met inkijkexemplaar
There is no performance without the spectator. This holds true not only for traditional drama, but also for contemporary interactive - and even virtual - forms of theatre. Concepts of spectatorship are now continually being redefined, as spectatorial practices have until recently been neglected in academic discourses. The spectator is no longer a passive and immobile subject. Promoting an ever-shifting notion of spectatorship, this collection of essays explores the field of contemporary perfo...
The Sleep of Reason. Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art
Critical Perspectives in Contemporary Art
2024 || Paperback || Pieter Vermeulen || Owl Press
This book offers an original and thought-provoking exploration of a diverse range of contemporary artistic practices, set within a broader cultural context. It argues that art can teach us about the human condition and our way of co-inhabiting the world, in a unique interplay between reason and imagination, creation and contemplation, poetry and inquiry. While acknowledging that art may not have the power to save the world, the author contends that it offers profound insights into our existen...