Replacing Home : From Primordial Hut to Digital Network in Contemporary Art /

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From property deeds to shipping containers to wearable shelters to virtual spaces: what does it mean to draw a spatial boundary? To be at home? In a world in which notions of place are constantly changing, Jennifer Johung looks at new constructions of staying in place-in contemporary site-specific a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johung, Jennifer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Site-specific installations (Art)
Place (Philosophy) in art.
Art, Modern > Themes, motives.
ART > Criticism & Theory.
ART > History > Contemporary (1945- )
Art > 21e siecle > Themes, motifs.
Art > 20e siecle > Themes, motifs.
Installations in situ (Art)
Lieu (Philosophie) dans l'art.
Art, Modern > 21st century > Themes, motives.
Art, Modern > 20th century > Themes, motives.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:From property deeds to shipping containers to wearable shelters to virtual spaces: what does it mean to draw a spatial boundary? To be at home? In a world in which notions of place are constantly changing, Jennifer Johung looks at new constructions of staying in place-in contemporary site-specific art, digital media, portable architecture, and various other imaginable shelters and sites. Replacing Home suggests that while "place" may no longer be a sustainable category, being in place and belonging at home are nonetheless possible. By emphasizing reusability rather than fixed constructions, ar
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816678600

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