Probing Arts and Emergent Forms of Life

AvMichael M. J. Fischer

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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In Probing Arts and Emergent Forms of Life Michael M. J. Fischer calls for a new anthropology of the arts that attends to the materialities and technologies of the world as it exists today. Fischer examines the work of key Southeast and East Asian artists within the crucibles of unequal access, geopolitics, reverberating past traumas, and emergent socialities. He outlines the work of artist-theorists---including Entang Wiharso, Sally Smart, Charles Lim, Zai Kuning, and Kiran Kumar---who speculate about changing the world in ways that are attuned to its cultivation, repair, and rethinking in the Anthropocene. Their artistic vocabulary not only undoes Western art models and categories; it probes the unfolding future, addresses past trauma, and creates contested, vibrant, and flourishing spaces. Throughout Indonesia, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam---and from Kumar’s experimental dance to Kuning’s rattan and beeswax ghost ships to Lim’s videography of Singapore from the sea---Fischer argues that these artists’ theoretical discourses should be privileged over those of the curators, historians, critics, and other gatekeepers who protect and claim art worlds for themselves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Experimental Futures
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Duke University Press
ISBN:9781478019770

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Michael M. J. Fischer is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of numerous books, including At the Pivot of East and West: Ethnographic, Literary, and Filmic Arts and Anthropology in the Meantime: Experimental Ethnography, Theory, and Method for the Twenty-First Century, both also published by Duke University Press.

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"[A] dynamic ethnography of prominent works by contemporary artists in Asia ... Probing Arts and Emergent Forms of Life goes far beyond introducing innovative artists and describing their artworks. It situates contemporary Asian art within ethnographic and geo-political contexts."- Robin Visser (Journal of Contemporary Asia) "This book stands as a remarkable contribution to contemporary global art scholarship. Fischer adeptly navigates complex art-related issues, skillfully interweaving anthropological and other theories with his characteristic depth and elegance. The work’s multilayered approach renders it valuable for experts, scholars, and advanced students. . . . Fischer has once again produced a masterpiece, further cementing his reputation in the field. Readers will undoubtedly look forward to his future contributions with great anticipation." - Pamela Karimi (American Ethnologist)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 11. Challenging Art as Cultural Systems 122. Synthetic Realism: Postcinema in the Anthropocene 313. Feminage, Warang, and the Nervous System (Hauntology and Curation) 714. Nomadic Video in Turbulent Sea States: How Art Becomes Critique 1005. Water Notes on Rattan Strings 1326. Raw Moves and Layered Communication across the Archipelago Seas 165Epilogue. Probing Art and Emerging Forms of Life 197Appendix. The Year 2020 and the Camouflage Painting Series: Conversations with Entang Wiharso 215Notes 221References 253Index 281