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Relational Aesthetics

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Where does our current obsession for interactivity stem from? After the consumer society and the communication era, does art still contribute to the emergence of a rational society? Bourriaud attempts to renew our approach toward contemporary art by getting as close as possible to the artists works, and by revealing the principles that structure their thoughts: an aesthetic of the inter-human, of the encounter; of proximity, of resisting social formatting.

Artist / Author Nicolas Bourriaud
Publisher Les Presse Du Reel
ISBN 978-2840660606
Reference P3262
Date 1998
Type Publication

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