The past is the present; it's the future too
Subtitle: the temporal turn in contemporary art
By: by Christine Ross
Edition: First [edition].
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781441116048
Subjects: Time in art; Themes, motives; Modern Art
Description: The term temporality often refers to the traditional mode of the way time is: a linear procession of past, present and future. As philosophers will note, this is not always the case. Christine Ross builds on current philosophical and theoretical examinations of time and applies them to the field of contemporary art: films, video installations, sculpture and performance works. Ross first provides an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary studies on time, focusing on findings in philosophy, psychology, sociology, communications, history, postcolonial studies, and ecology. She then illustrate
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.