Investigative aesthetics : conflicts and commons in the politics of truth / Matthew Fuller and Eyal Weizman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, Matthew (Professor of Digital Media), author.

Weizman, Eyal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics, Modern--21st century.

Aesthetics, Modern.

Art--Political aspects.

Art.

Physical Description:

259 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2021.

Summary:

"Today, artists are engaged in investigation. They probe corruption, human rights violations, environmental crimes and technological domination. At the same time, areas not usually thought of as artistic make powerful use of aesthetics. Journalists and legal professionals pore over opensource videos and satellite imagery to undertake visual investigations. This combination of diverse fields is what the authors call "investigative aesthetics": the mobilisation of sensibilities associated with art, architecture and other such practices in order to speak truth to power. Investigative Aesthetics 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. These new practices take place in the studio and the laboratory, the courtroom and the gallery, online and in the streets, as they strive towards the construction of a new common sense."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Aesthetics

1. Aesthetics beyond Perception

2. Aesthetics

3. Hyper-aesthetics

4. How to Inhabit the Hyper-aesthetic Image

5. Hyperaesthesia: Not Making Sense

6. Aesthetic Power

pt. 2 Investigations

7. What is Investigation?

8. Secrets

9. The Cat and the Angel

10. The Ear and the Eye

11. The Eye and the Office

12. Pre-emptive Investigations

13. Many Logics of Fact

14. Minimal Causation and Field Causality

15. Machine Investigations

pt. 3 Propositions

16. Investigative Commons

17. The Lab and the Studio.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781788739085

1788739086

OCLC:

1201668063