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Emmanuel Levinas's interview with Francoise Armengaud in 1988 is
one of the only statements we have from the philosopher, who became
influential in various disciplines through his ethics that focuses
on the fine arts specifically. Presented in English for the first
time here, this interview brings us Levinas's understanding of
"obliteration" as an uncanny, disruptive, and even "unavailable"
concept. Discussing the work of the French sculptor Sacha Sosno,
Levinas parses the complex relationship between ethics and
aesthetics, examining how they play out in artistic operations and
practices. In doing so, he turns away from the "ease and
lighthearted casualness of the beautiful" to shed light instead on
the processes of material wear and tear and the traces of repair
that go into the creation and maintenance of works of art, and
which ultimately give them a profound uniqueness of presence. This
evocative interview uncovers a hidden thread of aesthetic thinking
in Levinas's work and introduces a new way of looking at artistic
practices in general.
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