30 Years After Les Immatériaux: Art, Science And Theory

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In 1985, the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard curated a groundbreaking exhibition called Les Immatériaux at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The exhibition showed how telecommunication technologies were beginning to impact every aspect of life. At the same time, it was a material demonstration of what Lyotard called the post-modern condition. This book features a previously unpublished report by Jean-François Lyotard on the conception of Les Immatériaux and its relation to postmodernity. Reviewing the historical significance of the exhibition, his text is accompanied by twelve contemporary meditations. The philosophers, art historians, and artists analyse this important moment in the history of media and theory, and reflect on the new material conditions brought about by digital technologies in the last 30 years. Contents......Page 7 Introduction......Page 11 After Six Months ofWork… (1984)......Page 31 From OvertoSub-Exposure:The Anamnesis ofLes Immatériaux......Page 73 The Production ofLes Immatériaux......Page 95 The Bus ofLes Immatériaux......Page 111 Contemporary Art as“Immatériaux”:Yesterday andToday......Page 121 Les Immatériaux:An “Immodern” Project......Page 139 The Shadow ofthe Sublime:On Les Immatériaux......Page 149 Exhibiting and Thinking:An Anamnesis of thePostmodern......Page 161 Anamnesis andRe-Orientation:A Discourse onMatter and Time......Page 181 The Silence of God......Page 205 Immaterials, Exhibition,Acceleration......Page 217 From Immaterials toResistance: The OtherSide of Les Immatériaux......Page 247 Bibliography......Page 271 Image Credits......Page 273 Authors......Page 275