Thought experiments : the art of Jonathon Keats / editors, Julie Decker, Alla Efimova ; authors, William L. Fox [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, William L., 1949- author.

Contributor:

Keats, Jonathon, artist.

Decker, Julie, editor.

Efimova, Alla, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keats, Jonathon--Criticism and interpretation.

Keats, Jonathon.

Conceptual art.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

354 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Art of Jonathon Keats

Place of Publication:

Munich : Hirmer ; Anchorage, AK : Anchorage Museum, [2021]

Summary:

Jonathon Keats' work as an artist and thinker is compelling for our time. Keats poses critical questions, asks us to fundamentally reconsider our assumptions, and proposes radical methods of response. In a time when the environment and human lifeways are experiencing unprecedented change, thought leaders like Keats are needed to encourage us to consider possibilities - from the absurd to the profound. Since the turn of the millennium, Keats has comprehensively extended his academic training in philosophy by prolifically presenting conceptual art projects that he refers to as "thought experiments." These include installations and performances in museums and galleries around the globe. His motivations are to make space for exploring ideas, offering provocations and confronting systems we generally take for granted. By prototyping alternative realities - systematically asking "what if ...?" - these projects probe the world in which we live, exploring the potential for societal change.

Contents:

An introduction that cannot be titled / Bruce Sterling

Principled uncertainty / Julie Decker

The living words of Jonathon Keats / Ariane Koek

Jonathon Keats and the affordances of art / Edward Tenner

Heroic futility / Michael John Gorman

Part I: Twenty projects / introduction and critical commentary by Alla Efimova

Part II: Twenty protocols / introduction and protocols by Jonathon Keats

Part III: Future experiments/Experimental futures / introduction by William L. Fox

Recalibrating civilization / Jonathon Keats

Interview with Johnathon Keats / Julie Decker and Alla Efimova.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783777434278

3777434272

OCLC:

1244801491

Publisher Number:

9783777434278