Sylvère Lotringer is a literary critic and cultural theorist renowned for synthesizing French theory with American avant-garde movements. His work explores the intersection of these distinct intellectual landscapes, offering interpretations of French thought within a contemporary, 21st-century framework. Lotringer is credited with developing the concept of the "extrapolationist" to describe hyperbolic worldviews. He stands as an influential interpreter of key French thinkers, bridging cultural and philosophical divides.
Those who are mad like Antonin Artaud, are they just as mad as he was? Madness, like the plague, is contagious, and everyone, from his psychiatrists to his disciples, family, and critics, everyone who gets close to Artaud, seems to participate in his delirium. Sylvere Lotringer explores various embodiments of this shared delirium through what Artau
Albtraumhafte Gewaltszenarien, dramatische Seelenzustände und perverse sexuelle Abgründe prägen die Filme des Cinema of Transgression, die bewusst auf Schock und Provokation abzielen. In den 1980er Jahren gingen Filmemacher aus der New Yorker Lower East Side einen radikalen Weg, der mit den Konventionen der amerikanischen Gesellschaft kollidierte. Sie überschritten alle moralischen und ästhetischen Grenzen und enthüllten soziale Härte, die auf gesellschaftspolitische Gleichgültigkeit trifft. Diese Low-Budget-Filme, oft mit gestohlenem Kameraequipment gedreht, bieten scharfe Analysen des Lebens in der Lower East Side, das von Kriminalität, Brutalität, Drogen, AIDS, Sex und Exzessen geprägt ist. Der Katalog erscheint anlässlich der ersten weltweiten Ausstellung über das Cinema of Transgression, YOU KILLED ME FIRST, im KW Institut für zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin. Er umfasst Beiträge von Sylvère Lotringer, Carlo McCormick, Jonas Mekas, Susanne Pfeffer, Jack Sargeant und Nick Zedd.
Exploring the administration of deviant desire in specialized clinics, this report delves into how postmodern society grapples with the complexities of sexuality, often leading to overexposure. It raises provocative questions about the intersections of professional boundaries and personal arousal, prompting readers to consider the impact of patients' fantasies on their own sexual understandings. The book challenges conventional perspectives on desire and the ethics of sexual expression within clinical settings.
Virilio discusses the relationship of war trauma and art and the failure of visual art to reinvent itself when confronted with technology.
Focusing on the representation of women, Nancy Spero's artwork features mythological, cinematic, and suffering female figures. Drawing inspiration from both classical and modern sources, she creates collages and imprints that showcase contemporary goddesses on elongated, papyrus-like friezes, transforming museum walls into dynamic narratives.