Seeing Degree Zero Barthes/Burgin and Political Aesthetics |
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Editor:
| Bishop, Ryan Manghani, Sunil |
Series title: | Technicities Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4744-3141-5 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $130.00 |
Book Description:
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In the fields of literature and the visual arts, 'zero degree' represents a neutral aesthetic situated in response to, and outside of, the dominant cultural order. Taking Roland Barthes' 1953 book Writing Degree Zero as just one starting point, this volume examines the historical, theoretical and visual impact of the term and draws directly upon the editors' ongoing collaboration with artist and writer Victor Burgin. The book is composed of key chapters by the editors and Burgin, a...
More DescriptionIn the fields of literature and the visual arts, 'zero degree' represents a neutral aesthetic situated in response to, and outside of, the dominant cultural order. Taking Roland Barthes' 1953 book Writing Degree Zero as just one starting point, this volume examines the historical, theoretical and visual impact of the term and draws directly upon the editors' ongoing collaboration with artist and writer Victor Burgin. The book is composed of key chapters by the editors and Burgin, a series of collaborative texts with Burgin and four commissioned essays concerned with the relationship between Barthes and Burgin in the context of the spectatorship of art.