The Past is the Present; It's the Future Too
The Temporal Turn in Contemporary Art
1st Edition
Published on 28. June 2012
360 pages
978-1-4411-0592-9 (ISBN)
Description
The term 'temporality' often refers to the traditional mode of the way time is: a linear procession of past, present and future. As philosophers will note, this is not always the case. Christine Ross builds on current philosophical and theoretical examinations of time and applies them to the field of contemporary art: films, video installations, sculpture and performance works.
Ross first provides an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary studies on time, focusing on findings in philosophy, psychology, sociology, communications, history, postcolonial studies, and ecology. She then illustrates how contemporary artistic practices play around with what we consider linear time. Engaging the work of artists such as Guido van der Werve, Melik Ohanian, Harun Farocki, and Stan Douglas, allows investigation though the art, as opposed to having art taking an ancillary role. The Past is the Present; It's the Future Too forces the reader to understand the complexities of the significance of temporal development in new artistic practices.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
60
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-0592-9 (9781441105929)
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02/2014
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Person
Christine Ross is Professor and James McGill Chair in Contemporary Art History in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, Canada.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Contemporaneity of Temporal Investigations
Chapter 2: Unproductive Time
Chapter 3: The Recent Past as a Quasi-Remnant
Chapter 4: The Age Value of the Work of Art
Chapter 5: Simultaneity I
Chapter 6: Simultaneity II
Chapter 7: The Historical Sublime, or Longue durée Revisited
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 1: The Contemporaneity of Temporal Investigations
Chapter 2: Unproductive Time
Chapter 3: The Recent Past as a Quasi-Remnant
Chapter 4: The Age Value of the Work of Art
Chapter 5: Simultaneity I
Chapter 6: Simultaneity II
Chapter 7: The Historical Sublime, or Longue durée Revisited
Bibliography
Index
