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Torture concrete : Jean-Luc Moulène and the protocol of abstraction

by Reza Negarestani

This essay examines abstraction as a multifaceted project in the domains of thought and artistic experimentation. It analyses the dialectic between mathematical form and sensible matter, situating art-historical notions of abstraction within philosophy and science.

Accession 13671 ISBN 9780983216971 Publisher Sequence Press
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