Speculation, now : essays and artwork / edited by Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli Rao ; with Prem Krishnamurthy & Carin Kuoni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rao, Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli.

Krishnamurthy, Prem, 1977-

Kuoni, Carin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speculation.

Arts--Experimental methods.

Arts.

Arts and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interdisciplinary in design and concept, Speculation, Now illuminates unexpected convergences between images, concepts, and language. Artwork is interspersed among essays that approach speculation and progressive change from surprising perspectives. A radical cartographer asks whether ""the speculative"" can be represented on a map. An ethnographer investigates religious possession in Islam to contemplate states between the divine and the seemingly human. A financial technologist queries understandings of speculation in financial markets. A multimedia artist and activist considers the relation

Contents:

Foreword / Carin Kuoni

Speculation, now / Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli Rao

Design notes / Prem Krishnamurthy

Visible and invisible sides of reproduction / Boris Groys

Dreams, magic, and mirrors : more histories of extraversion and speculation in Central Africa / Filip De Boeck

Hedge/hog : speculative action in financial markets / Satya Pemmaraju

Models / Josiah McElheny

Verification / Iddo Tavory

The contemporary / Katherine Carl

Witchcraft : magic, risk, uncertainty and innovation / Peter Geschiere

Mirroring / Luke Fowler

Speculative hedging / Kenan Halabi

Preface to the third edition / Walid Raad

The ethics of deep time / Trevor Paglen

Colors, patterns, fabric, and trim : fast-fashion families in downtown L.A. / Christina Moon

Synchronicities / Sherene Schostak

Addressing racial inequality in a post-racial America / Darrick Hamilton & William Darity, Jr.

Exception, the state of / Chen Tamir

Obfuscation / Orit Halpern

Risk / Larissa Harris

Models / David Reinfurt

Unlikeness / MacKenzie Wark

Trading markets / Byron Tucker

Withdrawal / Graham Harman

Credit / Dushko Petrovich

Insurance / Elka Krajewska

States of half-knowledge : the economy of reading / Marysia Lewandowska

Infrastructure / Nader Vossoughian

Psychics special/Lin + Lam

Speculation, remittances, and migration / Laura Kurgan

Diary : towards an architecture of Balkanization / Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss

Image : visual speculation and political change / Victoria Hattam

Prototype / Benjamin Aranda

Stability/instability / Smudge Studio

Broken promises, or a Quick sketch of the prototype / Jamer Hunt

Ruin / Beth Stryker

Models / Brian McGrath

Neglect / Reem Fadda

Consequences in the modern economy / Mary Poovey

On the matter of change : three scenes of collective action / Robert Sember

Specular spying / Lize Mogel

Night thoughts : unintended The Barzakh of the image and the speculative scene of possession / Stefania Pandolfo

Risk / Holland Cotter

Toxic debt / Dushko Petrovich

Investment / Ozge Ersoy

Gambling / Elizabeth Thomas

Intentional failure / Hakan Topal

Shadow world / Metahaven

Fortuitous / Aleksandra Wagner

Hallucination / Nicolas Langlitz

Hallucination / Joachim Koester

Maybe / Sarah Oppenheimer

Taking a trip : a wide ranging interview with Gary Lincoff / Gary Lincoff

The paradox of beginnings / Angie Keefer & Lucy Skaer

Title TK / Arjun Appadurai

Title TK / Hans Haacke

Speculation, now : the expanded field.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822358299

0822358298

9780822375906

0822375907

OCLC:

1148152688