Medium of Contingency

Robin MacKay; Reza Negarestani; Elie Ayache; Matthew Poole; Miguel Abreu; Scott Lyall; Sam Lewitt

ISBN 10: 1905464398 / ISBN 13: 9781905464395

Published by Ridinghouse, 2011

About this Item

Small amount of sticker damage on rear, but otherwise clean and straight. Clean text and sturdy binding. 82 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medium of Contingency
• Publisher: Ridinghouse
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905464398
• ISBN 13: 9781905464395
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Clean & Unmarked
• Weight: 4 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

The notion of ‘contingency’ has become crucial both in contemporary philosophy, and, as the artists in this volume suggest, in art today.

Transcriptions of lectures by Reza Negarestani, Elie Ayache and Matthew Poole discuss the need for artists to abandon notions of autonomy and knowledge the greater networks to which they belong.

This publication also includes a group discussion with the exhibition organizer, gallerist Miguel Abreu, and artists Scott Lyall and Sam Lewitt, that explores how a contemporary reading of the notion of ‘contingency’ is relevant to contemporary artists.