Animals have become the focus of much recent art, informing numerous works and projects featured at major exhibitions. Contemporary art has become a privileged terrain for exploring interspecies relationships, providing the conditions for diverse disciplines and theoretical positions to engage with animal behaviour and consciousness. Artists' engagement with animals opens up new perspectives on the dynamics of dominance, oppression and exclusion, with parallels in human society; and animal nature is at the heart of debates on the 'anthropocene' era and the ecological concerns of scientists, thinkers and artists alike. Centred on contemporary artworks, this anthology attests to the trans-disciplinary nature of this subject, with art as one of its principal points of convergence.

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Elliott David Stuart (Article author), Haraway Donna (Article author), Chiang Ted (Article author), Jonas Joan (Article author), Verwoert Jan (Article author), Stevenson Michael (Article author), Fusco Maria (Article author), Benjamin Walter (Article author), Schneemann Carolee (Article author), Martínez Chus (Article author), Bailey Bradley (Article author), Broodthaers Marcel (Article author), Michaux Henri (Article author), Kunzru Hari (Article author), Niermann Ingo (Article author), Yang Haegue (Article author), Nancy Jean‑Luc (Article author), Berger John Peter (Article author), Normand Vincent (Article author), Forti Simone (Article author), Didi‑Huberman Georges (Article author), Agamben Giorgio (Article author), Clark Lygia (Article author), Hoegsberg Milena (Article author), Garcia Tristan (Article author), Akiyama Mitchell (Article author), Poliquin Rachel (Article author), Kelley Mike (Article author), Massumi Brian (Article author), Kwon Miwon (Article author), Koonchung Chan (Article author), Derrida Jacques (Article author), Morris Robert (Article author), Pinto Ana Teixeira (Article author), Deleuze Gilles (Article author), Cox Christoph (Article author), Coates Marcus (Article author), Baker Steve (Article author), Chua Kevin (Article author), Burt Jonathan (Article author), Bellour Raymond (Article author), Jeong Seung-Hoon (Article author), Freccero Carla (Article author), Guattari Felix (Article author), Nagel Thomas (Article author), Castro Eduardo Viveiros de (Article author), Critchley Simon (Article author), Pentecost Claire (Article author), Durham Jimmie (Article author), Self Will (Article author), Ramos Filipa (Preface)

Type

Book

Place of publication

London

Year

2016

Number of pages

236 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780854882496

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Open stacks

Illustrations

No

Bibliography

Yes

UDC code and author sign

701.1 Ram

Volumes

1

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