Speculative Aesthetics (Paperback, 1)

An examination of the new technological mediations between the human sensorium and the planetary media network and of the aesthetic as an enabler of new modes of knowledge. This series of interventions on the ramifications of Speculative Realism for aesthetics ranges from contemporary art's relation to the aesthetic, to accelerationism and abstraction, logic and design. From varied perspectives of philosophy, art, and design, participants examine the new technological mediations between the human sensorium and the massive planetary media network within which it now exists and consider how the aesthetic enables new modes of knowledge by processing sensory data through symbolic formalisms and technological devices. Speculative Aesthetics anticipates the possibility of a theory and practice no longer invested in the otherworldly promise of the aesthetic, but acknowledging the real force and traction of images in the world today, experimentally employing techniques of modelling, formalisation, and presentation so as to simultaneously engineer new domains of experience and map them through a reconfigured aesthetics that is inseparable from its sociotechnical conditions.

General

Imprint:	Urbanomic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2018
First published:	2014
Authors:	Robin Mackay • James Trafford • Luke Pendrell • Amanda Beech • Benedict Singleton
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	144
Edition:	1
ISBN-13:	978-0-9575295-7-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
LSN:	0-9575295-7-0
Barcode:	9780957529571

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