Erasure
The Spectre of Cultural Memory
Published on 31. May 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-909818-62-0 (ISBN)
Description
Erasure: The Spectre
of Cultural Memory explores key issues around the increasing
aesthetic and cultural erasure occurring in our society. It moves from the
seminal act of the American Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg erasing a drawing by
the painter Willem de Kooning in 1953, perhaps signalling that an echo or trace
would be all that is valued in the future, to the impact that the new
technologies - such as Twitter, Facebook, email, smartphones, snapchat and
Instagram - are having on family, class, sex, time, speed and space.
This erasure is driven by new media technology,
globalisation, and new structures of education, work, home and consumption. Erasure: The Spectre of Cultural Memory is the first book
that brings together artists, curators, scholars and thinkers who are, in their
respective contexts, at the forefront of these compelling questions.
of Cultural Memory explores key issues around the increasing
aesthetic and cultural erasure occurring in our society. It moves from the
seminal act of the American Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg erasing a drawing by
the painter Willem de Kooning in 1953, perhaps signalling that an echo or trace
would be all that is valued in the future, to the impact that the new
technologies - such as Twitter, Facebook, email, smartphones, snapchat and
Instagram - are having on family, class, sex, time, speed and space.
This erasure is driven by new media technology,
globalisation, and new structures of education, work, home and consumption. Erasure: The Spectre of Cultural Memory is the first book
that brings together artists, curators, scholars and thinkers who are, in their
respective contexts, at the forefront of these compelling questions.
Reviews / Votes
"So much information kept, so much forgotten, so much downloaded, so much sent to trash, will this be the lost century? . . . This much anticipated book brings together leading thinkers, artists and scholars from across a wide spectrum of thought to present this urgent matter to us. It is disturbing and optimistic at the same time, reminding us of the power of art and culture to be the clarion call and to empower us to advance but to understand better how to treat the past, in the present, in ways that prepares for the future." - Professor Su Baker, director, Victorian College of the Arts, the University of MelbourneMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Faringdon
United Kingdom
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-909818-62-0 (9781909818620)
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Persons
Professor Brad Buckley is an artist, urbanist, activist and Professorial Fellow at Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of the VCA and MCM, the University of Melbourne. His work, which has been shown internationally for over twenty-five years, operates at the intersection of installation, theatre and performance, investigates questions of cultural control, democracy, freedom and social responsibility. Associate Professor John Conomos is an artist, critic and writer, and Associate Professor and Principal Fellow at Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of the VCA and MCM, the University of Melbourne. Conomos has exhibited extensively both locally and internationally across a variety of media: video art, new media, photo-performance, installations and radiophonic art. He is a prolific contributor to art, film and media journals and a frequent keynote speaker and participant in conferences, fora and seminars.