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Boredom and Art – Passions of the Will To Boredom
Julian Jason Haladyn
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Paperback. Examines the manners in which modern artists use boredom as a form of aesthetic resistance that, at its most positive, is the will to boredom. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206.
Boredom and Art examines the use of boredom as a strategy in modern and contemporary art to resist or frustrate the effects of consumerism and capitalism. This book traces the emergence of what Haladyn terms the will to boredom in which artists, writers and philosophers actively attempt to use the lack of interest inherent in the state of being 'bored' to challenge people. Instead of accepting the prescribed meanings of life given to us by consumer or mass culture, boredom represents the possibility of creating meaning: 'a threshold of great deeds' in Walter Benjamin's memorable wording. It is this conception ... Read more
Boredom and Art examines the use of boredom as a strategy in modern and contemporary art to resist or frustrate the effects of consumerism and capitalism. This book traces the emergence of what Haladyn terms the will to boredom in which artists, writers and philosophers actively attempt to use the lack of interest inherent in the state of being 'bored' to challenge people. Instead of accepting the prescribed meanings of life given to us by consumer or mass culture, boredom represents the possibility of creating meaning: 'a threshold of great deeds' in Walter Benjamin's memorable wording. It is this conception ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782799986
SKU
V9781782799986
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About Julian Jason Haladyn
Julian Jason Haladyn is an instructor at OCAD University. He is the author of Marcel Duchamp: ���tant donnes and co-authored, with Miriam Jordan-Haladyn, of The Films and Videos of Jamelie Hassan. In addition, he has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on art and philosophy.
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