Paul Virilio and Diller Scofidio + Renfro: EXIT - Hardcover

Virilio, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2869251432 ISBN 13: 9782869251434

Publisher: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, 2020

Synopsis

Sheds light on the reflections that led to the creation of EXIT, the 360° video installation created for the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris

Based on an idea by French philosopher and urbanist, Paul Virilio, the 360° video installation EXIT was created in 2008 by the New York-based studio of artists and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris. Composed of a series of animated maps generated by data, this immersive installation investigates human migrations today and their leading causes, including the impact of climate change. Through six scenarios – Population Shifts: Cities; Remittances: Sending Money Home; Political Refugees and Forced Migration; Rising Seas, Sinking Cities; Natural Disasters; and Speechless and Deforestation – it provides the rare opportunity to understand visually the complex relationships between the various economic, political and environmental factors underpinning contemporary human migrations. The work was updated entirely in 2015, reflecting the alarming evolution of the data since it was first presented in 2008. Through various texts, descriptions of the animated maps, and numerous illustrations, this book sheds light on the reflections that led to the creation of EXIT, and proposes to delve deeper into the very notions and questions that it raises and that are more relevant today than ever.

Table of Contents

STOP EJECT by Paul Virilio · Diller Scofidio + Renfro · Interview with Elizabeth Diller
and Ricardo Scofidio · The Animated Maps: Population Shifts: Cities; Remittances:
Sending Money Home; Political Refugees and Forced Migration; Rising Seas, Sinking
Cities; Natural Disasters; Speechless and Deforestation · Points of reference by François
Gemenne · Epilogue · Biographies

About this edition

• Publisher: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 2869251432
• ISBN 13: 9782869251434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 104