At the Edges of Vision: A Phenomenological Aesthetics of Contemporary Spectatorship

By Renée van de Vall

In At the Edges of Vision, Ren e van de Vall re-examines the aesthetics of spectatorship in terms of new-media art and visual culture. In a thorough examination of examples from painting, film, installation art and interactive video, and computer art, Van de Vall argues for a tactile and affective conception of reflection, linking philosophy and art. Drawing on the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Lyotard and Deleuze on the one hand and on new-media theory on the other, Van de Vall develops a performative phenomenology of aesthetic reflection, visuality and visual art, in order to rethink art's ethical and political relevance in present-day digital-media culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754640736
• ISBN13: 9780754640738
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"