The Medium of Contingency

Robin Mackay (Urbanomic Media Ltd), Robin Mackay (Urbanomic Media Ltd), Reza Negarestani , Elie Ayache

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Urbanomic Media Ltd
04 September 2015

Art & design styles: Postmodernism; Popular philosophy

Series: Urbanomic / Redactions

An unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world.

Why has the concept of contingency taken on a marked importance both in contemporary philosophy and in contemporary art practice? And if this simultaneity derives from parallel problems met within the two different fields, what are their common roots? Beyond acknowledging the contingent nature of tradition, institutions, and practices, recent speculative philosophies of ""absolute contingency"" demand a radical revision of the ways in which we conceive of our interaction with unknowable materialities, and pose a challenge to both probabilistic management and process-driven affirmation of contingency. In an unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world, The Medium of Contingency explores how works of art write contingency into the present, and are in turn written by the contingency of their materials, and how these exchanges interact with other markets. From the mathematical instruments used to value financial derivatives to the nature of literary creation, from the market-making role of the curator to the ""chemistry of openness,"" the contributors to this lively discussion draw out the startling consequences of a new figure of thought.

Contributions by: Robin Mackay (Urbanomic Media Ltd), Reza Negarestani, Elie Ayache, Matthew Poole
Edited by: Robin Mackay (Urbanomic Media Ltd)
Imprint: Urbanomic Media Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 184g
ISBN: 9780993045899
ISBN 10: 0993045898
Series: Urbanomic / Redactions
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 04 September 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London. Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London. Reza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher best known for pioneering the genre of ""theory-fiction"" with his book Cyclonopedia. (Urbanomic/Sequence Press).

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The Medium of Contingency

Robin Mackay (Urbanomic Media Ltd), Robin Mackay (Urbanomic Media Ltd), Reza Negarestani , Elie Ayache

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