Null Object: Gustav Metzger Thinks About Nothing

Metzger, Gustav; Jelson, Jo, and Gilchrist, Bruce (Contributions by)

ISBN 10: 1908966122 / ISBN 13: 9781908966124

Published by Black Dog Publishing, London, 2013

About this Item

95 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** "This book charts a project by London Fieldworks (Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson) with the participation of internationally celebrated artist Gustav Metzger to create a sculptural work by linking a computer-brain interface with industrial manufacturing technology. Using bespoke software, London Fieldworks produced 3D shape information from EEG readings of Metzger's brainwaves as he attempted to think about nothing. This data was translated into instructions for a manufacturing robot, which carved out the shapes from the interior of a block of stone to create a void space. An introduction by the artists, a text by Gustav Metzger and four contextualising essays by writers across the fields of literature, art, science and technology explore the diverse historical and conceptual grounding for and broader implications of Null Object's production process." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Artists' introduction, by London Fieldworks; Sculpting the void: between negation and abnegation, between action and absence, by Bronac Ferran; Writing about nothing, by Hari Kanzru; Null and objective: London Fieldworks and Metzger's brain, by Nick Lambert; Null object: prolegomena, by Christopher W Tyler; Empty and emptiness, and emptying, by Gustav Metzger. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Null Object: Gustav Metzger Thinks About Nothing
• Publisher: Black Dog Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908966122
• ISBN 13: 9781908966124
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Collectible
• Seller catalogs:
  • European::German, Austrian & Swiss
  • Rare & Obscure
  • XO::Standard
  • Movements::Fluxus
  • New Books
  • European::9. Contemporary
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES

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Synopsis

Null Object is an intriguing publication exploring the project conceived by the collaborative arts practice London Fieldworks, founded by the artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson, and the internationally acclaimed artist Gustav Metzger.
The complex project plays with the idea of augmented mind by responding to the development of brain-machine interfaces, biometrics and the burgeoning role of databases across all conceivable sectors of society, and offers an alternative model for a creative, non-invasive interface between body, mind and machine for the production of art.

About the Author

Jo Joelson and Bruce Gilchrist's work has been featured in a number of recent publications including: Far Field: digital culture climate change and the poles (Intellect Books, 2011); My Green City: Back to Nature with Attitude and Style (Gestalten, 2011); Searching for Arts New Publics (Intellect Books, 2010); ART+SCIENCE NOW, a visual survey of artists working at the frontiers of science and technology (Thames and Hudson, 2010); Beyond Architecture Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities (Gestalten, 2009); London Fieldworks: Syzygy/Polaria (Black Dog Publishing, 2002).