Aesthetics and Anthropology: Cogitations
Tarek Elhaik, "Aesthetics and Anthropology: Cogitations"
English | ISBN: 1350168823 | 2021 | 176 pages | PDF | 10 MB
English | ISBN: 1350168823 | 2021 | 176 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This book focuses on the reconfiguration of aesthetic anthropology into an anthropological problem of cogitation, opening up a fascinating new dialogue between the domains of anthropology, philosophy, and art. Tarek Elhaik embarks on an inquiry composed of a series of cogitations based on fieldwork in an ecology of artistic and scientific practices: from conceptual art exhibitions to architectural environments; from photographic montages to the videotaping of spirit seances; from artistic interventions in natural history museums to ongoing dialogues between performance artists and marine scientists. The chapters examine the image-work, ethical demands, and aesthetic struggles of interlocutors including artists Mathias Goeritz, Mounir Fatmi, Silvia Gruner, Joan Jonas, and Patricia Lagarde.
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