Transdisciplinaryapproaches to the notions of the contemporary and contemporaneity Futures of the Contemporaryexplores different notions and manifestations of the contemporary in music, visual arts, art theory, and philosophy. In particular, the authors in thiscollection of essays scrutinise the role of artistic research in critical andcreative expressions of contemporaneity. When distinguished from thecontemporaneous of a given historical time, the contemporary becomes acrucial concept, promoting or excluding objects and practices according totheir ability to diagnose previously unnoticed aspects of the present. In thissense, the contemporary gains a critical function, involving particular modesof relating to history and one s own time.Written by major experts from fields such as musicperformance, composition, art theory, visual arts, art history, criticalstudies, and philosophy, this book offers challenging perspectives oncontemporary art practices, the temporality of artistic works and phenomena, and new modes of problematising the production of art and its publicapprehension.Contributors: Andrew Prior (Universityof Plymouth), Babette Babich (Fordham University), Geoff Cox (Fine Art at Plymouth University / Aarhus University), Heiner Goebbels (Justus Liebig University), Jacob Lund (Aarhus University), Michael Schwab (Orpheus Institute), Pal Capdevila (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Paulo de Assis (Orpheus Institute), Peter Osborne (Kingston University London), Ryan Nolan (Universityof Plymouth), Zsuzsa Baross (Trent University)This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
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