TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beck, John
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021//
TI  - Landscape as weapon: cultures of exhaustion and refusal
PB  - Reaktion Books
CY  - London, UK
KW  - Landscapes in art
KW  - Space and time in art
KW  - Ruins in art
KW  - Abandoned houses in art
AB  - Once the playgrounds and raw material for the avant-garde, abandoned places and things--decommissioned military sites, postindustrial spaces, contested and forgotten edgelands--are now just as likely to be seen as assets for entrepreneurs or connoisseurs of the authentically worn-out. This is the age of patina, where the material remains of times past--the fields and factories, test sites, back alleys, machines, and statues--are coveted, adored, mourned, and commemorated, as well as sometimes despised. Through an exploration of a wide range of recent film, photography, art, and writing about place, Landscape as Weapon argues that these abandoned sites are a critical arena for debate about the meaning of space and time under late capitalism.--from dust jacket
SN  - 9781789143058
LA  - English
N1  - John Beck
ID  - 175327897X
ER  -