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The Dwarf in the Chess Machine
Benjamin’s Hidden Doctrine
2019 || Paperback || Lieven de Cauter || nai010 uitgevers publishers
This thorough study on the work of the German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin exposes - in Benjamin’s own metaphor - the ‘dwarf of theology’ hidden in the machinery of his work, his own form of ‘historical materialism’. In doing so it unearths and explains his language theory, his art theory, his most cryptic baroque book, his philosophy of history, and, last but not least, his famous labyrinthine unfinished opus magnum on Paris, The Arcades project (the first philosophical book ...
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A Critical History of Media Art in the Netherlands
Platforms, Policies, Technologies
2019 || Paperback || Marga van Mechelen e.a. || Jap Sam Books
This edited volume offers an in-depth exploration of Dutch media art from 1985 onwards from many different perspectives. Through early access to the Internet, state subsidies and dedicated institutions and festivals, a vivid counter-cultural environment and a cosmopolitan artistic and intellectual scene the Netherlands hold a unique position in regards to the development of media art.
Introduced by four chapters that retrace the main events and actors (governmental institutions, festivals an...
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Theory in the Arts
Theory as Practice, Practice as Theory
2019 || Paperback || Peter Sonderen || ArtEZ Press
What do we mean by theory in the arts, and what role does it play in that sense? Theory appears as an active, transformative, fluid, and communicative element of art practices, and research in the arts in particular. Theory is the fluid that perfuses and connects the territory of fine art and design, as well as other art forms such as music, architecture, writing, moving images, dance, and theatre. At the heart of this publication is the new field of research in theory and the way the ArtEZ T...