Some Ways of Making Nothing : Apophatic Apparatuses in Contemporary Art

"What if all works of art were better understood as functioning apparatuses, entangling their human audiences in experiences of becoming? What if certain works of art were even able to throw the brakes on becoming altogether, making nothings rather than somethings? What would be the ethical val...

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Main Author: Cloninger, Curt (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2021
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