The Accident of Art

by Sylvère Lotringer and Paul Virilio

There is a catastrophe within contemporary art. What I call the "optically correct" is at stake. The vision machine and the motor have triggered it, but the visual arts haven't learned from it. Instead, they've masked this failure with commercial success. This "accident" is provoking a reversal of values. In my view, this is positive: the accident reveals something important we would not otherwise know how to perceive.--Paul Virilio, The Accident...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584350202
• ISBN13: 9781584350200
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Semiotext(e)
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher