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The Aesthetics Of Resistance, Giuseppe Patella
The Aesthetics Of Resistance, Giuseppe Patella
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
Talking about resistance means raising the question of opposition, of denying all attempts at neutralizing opposites, which would be typical of ideological construction, either political or aesthetic. This essay investigates the meaning and the reasons of resistance according to a theoretical, aesthetic, and cultural point of view. The thesis is that resistance has to be considered as an articulation of difference, and that means following a different logic of thought, no longer rigid or monolithic but plural, like a new grammar, syntax, and practice of creativity, challenge, provocation, multiplicity, and pluralism. In this sense the aesthetics of resistance is an …
Rediscovering The Wheel, Brooke Hodge, Risd Xyz
Rediscovering The Wheel, Brooke Hodge, Risd Xyz
RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2013: Out of Bounds
What does architecture have to do with pottery? For Adam Silverman BArch 88, these two seemingly disparate creative practices are inextricably intertwined.
Brooke Hodge, director of exhibitions and publications at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, writes frequently about architecture and design for major publications. This text is excerpted from a longer essay in the new book Adam Silverman Ceramics, published this fall by Skira/Rizzoli.