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The Aesthetics of Disappearance

(Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)

By Paul Virilio

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| Paperback | 9781570270413

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In The Aesthetics of Disappearance, Paul Virilio traces out the relationship of biological optics to the technological "production of appearance." In the perceptual gaps demanding illusions of continuity, Virilio posits a hyper-opportunity for the production of art in speed. Jumping from Old Continue

In The Aesthetics of Disappearance, Paul Virilio traces out the relationship of biological optics to the technological "production of appearance." In the perceptual gaps demanding illusions of continuity, Virilio posits a hyper-opportunity for the production of art in speed. Jumping from Old Testament parable to the history of contemporary cinema, to the history of philosophy and contemporary technology, Virilio teleports among an irregular constellation of high-speed artifice where love is a motion faster than light and the paradoxes of empiricism mire science in "motion without mobility."

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  • The Aesthetics of Disappearance by Paul Virilio

    I wonder what Paul Virilio thought of Martin Scorsese’s Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator. Hughes is one of the many points of reference in this examination of the society of speed, and he is a fitting example, as both aviation and filmmaking are seen ... (read full critics)

    popmatters published on Wed, 1 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 128 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1570270414
  • ISBN-13: 9781570270413
  • Publisher: Semiotext(e)
  • Pub date: Dec 01, 1991
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
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