Name: jack's review of Relational Aesthetics by Nicolas Bourriaud
Item: Relational Aesthetics
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Nicolas Bourriaud

Where does our current obsession for interactivity stem from? After the consumer society and the communication era, does art still contribute to the emergence of a rational society? Nicolas Bourriaud attempts to renew our approach toward contemporary art by getting as close as possible to the artists' works, and by revealing the principles that structure their thoughts: an aesthetic of the inter-human, of the encounter; of proximity, of resisting social formatting. The aim of his essay is to produce the tools to enable us to understand the evolution of today's art. We meet Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Louis Althusser, Rirkrit Tiravanija or Félix Guattari, along with most of today's practising creative artists.

Relational Aesthetics

jack

not sure how sound this is (especially because of the poor translation) but illuminating as a picture of a historical moment and (anti)teleology in the art world and the hype surrounding certain artists that i’ve never fully understood. pleasant to read, especially compared to the guattari.

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