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Chapter 5 “The Vanishing Lady”, the railway, and illusions of movement
"This volume explores illusionism as a much larger phenomenon than optical illusion, magic shows, or special effects, as a vital part of how we perceive, process, and shape the world we live in. Considering different cultural practices characterised by illusionism, this book suggests a new approach to illusion via media theory. Each of the chapters analyses a specific kind of illusionistic prac…
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Chapter 1 Postformalism
This chapter introduces the idea of a postformalist aesthetic theory of reconstructing remote artefacts aesthetic statuses. The case is immune to the misgivings about aesthetic enquiry prevalent in the humanities and social sciences, since it does not assume that recovering such statuses involves experiencing the artefacts potential to provide an intrinsically rewarding gratification of the sen…
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- Philosophy: aesthetics
New Music and Institutional Critique
While institutional critique has long been an important part of artistic practice and theoretical debate in the visual arts, it has long escaped attention in the field of music. This open access volume assembles for the first time an array of theoretical approaches and practical examples dealing with New Music’s institutions, their critique, and their transformations. For scholars, leaders, a…
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Das Nachleben der Künste = Von Kunst und Künsten zu Materialien und Orten
Die künstlerische Produktion der Gegenwart ist äußerst divers und kaum mehr auf klare Kategorien festlegbar. Es ist eine geläufige Diagnose, dass sich Disziplinengrenzen auflösen und dass letztlich alles in einer Kunst im Singular aufgeht. Das Buch vertritt die These, dass bei allen Überschreitungs- und Hybridisierungsbewegungen disziplinäre Logiken weiterhin bedeutsam sind und dass die …
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Buddhism and the Body
Mahayana, Theravada, ancient, modern? Even at the most basic level, the diversity of Buddhism makes a comprehensive approach daunting. This book is a first step in solving the problem. In foregrounding the bodies of practitioners, a solid platform for analysing the philosophy of Buddhism begins to become apparent. Building upon somaesthetics Buddhism is seen for its ameliorative effect, which …
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New Music and Institutional Critique
While institutional critique has long been an important part of artistic practice and theoretical debate in the visual arts, it has long escaped attention in the field of music. This open access volume assembles for the first time an array of theoretical approaches and practical examples dealing with New Music’s institutions, their critique, and their transformations. For scholars, leaders, a…
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- 978-3-662-67131-3
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New tendencies :art at the threshold of the information revolution (1961-1978)
An account of a major international art movement originating in the former Yugoslavia in the 1960s, which anticipated key aspects of information aesthetics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (x, 395 pages).
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Of remixology :ethics and aesthetics after remix
A new theory of moral and aesthetic value for the age of remix, going beyond the usual debates over originality and appropriation. Remix--or the practice of recombining preexisting content--has proliferated across media both digital and analog. Fans celebrate it as a revolutionary new creative practice; critics characterize it as a lazy and cheap (and often illegal) recycling of other people's …
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- 1 online resource (xxxi, 208 pages) :illustrations
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Without Criteria: Kant, Whitehead, Deleuze, and Aesthetics
A Deleuzian reading of Whitehead and a Whiteheadian reading of Deleuze open the possibility of a critical aesthetics of contemporary culture.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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The beauty of games
"A general-readership book about games as an aesthetic form - how to think about the ways in which they create beauty and meaning and exploring the special role they have to play in our present historical moment"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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