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The Medium of Contingency - (Urbanomic / Redactions) by Robin MacKay (Paperback)

The Medium of Contingency - (Urbanomic / Redactions) by  Robin MacKay (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>An unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world.</b><p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p>In an unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world, <i>The Medium of Contingency</i> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London. <p/>Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London. <p/>Reza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher best known for pioneering the genre of theory-fiction with his book <i>Cyclonopedia</i>. (Urbanomic/Sequence Press).

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