Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth

Fuller, Matthew; Weizman, Eyal

ISBN 10: 1788739086 / ISBN 13: 9781788739085

Verlag: Verso, London, England, 2021

Beschreibung

Pages clean; binding tight; very minor wear to covers. 259 pages. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers S263-058346

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth
• Verlag: Verso, London, England
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1788739086
• ISBN-13: 9781788739085
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

Today, artists are engaged in investigation. They probe corruption, state violence, environmental destruction and repressive technologies. At the same time, fields not usually associated with aesthetics make powerful use of it. Journalists and legal professionals pore over open source videos and satellite imagery to undertake visual investigations. This combination of diverse fields is what the authors call 'investigative aesthetics': mobilising sensibilities often associated with art, architecture and other such practices to find new ways of speaking truth to power.This book draws on theories of knowledge, ecology and technology, evaluates the methods of citizen counter-forensics, micro-history and art, and examines radical practices such as those of Wikileaks, Bellingcat, and Forensic Architecture. Investigative Aesthetics takes place in the studio and the laboratory, the courtroom and the gallery, online and in the streets, as it strives towards the construction of a new 'common sensing'. The book is an inspiring introduction to a new field that brings together investigation and aesthetics to change how we understand and confront power today.To Nour Abuzaid for your brilliance, perseverance, and unshaken belief in the liberation of Palestine.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Matthew Fuller is an author and Professor of Cultural Studies at the Department of Media and Communications, at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is known for his writings in media theory, software studies, critical theory and cultural studies.He is the author of Media Ecologies, and with Andrew Goffey, Evil Media.

Eyal Weizman is Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he directs the Centre for Research Architecture and the European Research Council funded project Forensic Architecture. He is also a founder member of the collective Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR) in Bethlehem, Palestine. He is the author of Hollow Land, The Least of All Possible Evils, and co-editor of A Civilian Occupation. He lives in London.