Replacing home [electronic resource] : from primordial hut to digital network in contemporary art / Jennifer Johung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johung, Jennifer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Place (Philosophy) in art.

Site-specific installations (Art).

Art, Modern--20th century--Themes, motives.

Art, Modern.

Art, Modern--21st century--Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From property deeds to shipping containers to wearable shelters to virtual spaces: what does it mean to draw a spatial boundary? To be at home? In a world in which notions of place are constantly changing, Jennifer Johung looks at new constructions of staying in place-in contemporary site-specific art, digital media, portable architecture, and various other imaginable shelters and sites. Replacing Home suggests that while "place" may no longer be a sustainable category, being in place and belonging at home are nonetheless possible. By emphasizing reusability rather than fixed constructions, ar

Contents:

Introduction. Replacing home

Returning to the hut : Dan Graham's Two way mirror cylinder inside cube

Reusable sites : Gordon Matta-Clark's Fake estates and the Odd Lots exhibition

In and out of place : modular architecture and reintegration

Visibly skinned : body architecture and transformable clothing

Networked dependencies : Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's relational architecture

Epilogue. Almost home.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4736-8

0-8166-7860-X

OCLC:

777565097