{"product_id":"figuring-redemption-9781554582495","title":"Figuring Redemption","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan visual art help redeem one’s sense of self, damaged by technological society? \u003cbr\u003e  Michael Snow’s work is often described as self-referential, meaning that it “talks” about the relationships between its materials and images, largely ignoring relationships beyond the “frame.” However, since the work also encompasses the way in which the interior relationship of the work intersects with sight and how they, together, create the frame, the work also must include the people looking at it. \u003cbr\u003e  This book explores how the visual art practice of Michael Snow asks the question Who? of the viewers as they interpret what lies before them. Much criticism of Snow objectively analyzes the material interrelationships in his work, ignoring viewer participation, and implicitly giving the artist control of the view. However, what if the “who” is addressed from the perspective of the viewer, who is looking across a gap created by concrete representation, time, place, experience and, perhaps, gender? How then can it remain objective? \u003cbr\u003e  Following on writers such as Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Derrida and Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, \u003ci\u003eFiguring Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e questions the proposal that the contemporary sense of self is “fallen” as a result of modern technology, but can be redeemed in some part by certain kinds of visual art. \u003cbr\u003e  Original in its positioning of interpretive and critical writing on the side of an embodied viewer, this book rejuvenates Snow criticism by going beyond discussions of materials and operation or of loss and distancing due to mediation. By alternating personal performance writing with objective analysis, the text participates in the destabilizing process of questioning self-recognition that Snow’s practice initiates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tila L. Kellman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291433742587,"sku":"9781554582495","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781554582495.jpg?v=1772484774","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/figuring-redemption-9781554582495","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}