Toxic Temple: An Artistic and Philosophical Adventure into the Toxicity of the Now

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Toxic Temple

An Artistic and Philosophical Adventure into the Toxicity of the Now

Edited by: Anna Lerchbaumer and Kilian Jörg

In the series Edition Angewandte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110769241

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About this book

On the toxicity of the immediate

What changes when we religiously worship the toxic? In this era of catastrophe, can a cosmic connection be achieved through a cult of pollution? Toxic Temple is an artistic-philosophical quest to understand the current parlous state of the world.

We offer our inner contradictions and destructive lusts as objects of worship. We enter wastelands instead of new territory, leaving space for artifacts, expressing solidarity with the factual.

We encounter colorful assemblages of things that connect the known cosmos, tread the shaky ground of novel divinity, inhale pungent odors that transport us to the sublime. Garbage dumps are the new temples. In a mania of sadistic composure we breathe in the here and now. Transformative forces are released, free radicals; rituals that expose the chaos that lurks beneath the surface.

New transdisciplinary ecosophical approaches

Multimedia art project with comprehensive documentation and numerous illustrations

With contributions by Julieta Aranda, Heather Davis, Elisabeth Falkensteiner, and Julia Grillmayr, among others

Author / Editor information

Anna Lerchbaumer, sound and video artist, Vienna

Kilian Jörg, philosopher and artist, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	12
Einlass / Entry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Ecology beyond Numbers Kilian Jörg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Remembering Wasteland or Why the World Is Out of Joint Elisabeth Falkensteiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
A Panda a Day Keeps the Sorrow Away Anna Lerchbaumer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Life and Death in the Anthropocene Heather Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
It’s Getting Late to Give You Up—Promising and Problematic Muddy Temporalities, Toxic Alliances, and Bubbly Commitments Julia Grillmayr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
What Kind of (Hi)story Is the End of the World? Kilian Jörg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Toward a Glossary of the Oceanic Undead: A(mphibious) through F(utures) Julieta Aranda and Eben Kirksey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Hounding Samuel Hertz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Can One Hear Global Warming in the Hiss of Air Conditioning? Anna Lerchbaumer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Producing the Afterlife Sabrina Bühn, Demi Spriggs and Kilian Jörg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Readers interested in art, media art, artistic research, philosophy, transdisciplinary research
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 112
Keywords: Anthropocene; art; artistic research; media art; philosophy

eBook

Published: April 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783110769241

Hardcover

Published: May 3, 2022
ISBN: 9783110769142