by Paul Virilio · Berg Publishers · tapa dura · ISBN 9781845206116
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«Art as Far as the Eye Can See» is the philosophy essay by Paul Virilio, published by Berg Publishers in hardback (128 pages, in English).
Virilio argues that media culture has technified art and its materials, and that the speed and politics of the twentieth century give way to speed and mass culture, marked by panic and surveillance. Faced with the loss of the human gaze, he champions the 'art of seeing' and posits art as light against art as matter.
Published in 2007, this English edition features a translation by Julie Rose. The book falls within the fields of art theory, philosophy, and cultural criticism.
Recommended for academic audiences and readers interested in art theory, contemporary philosophy, and media criticism.
Paul Virilio was a French cultural theorist, urbanist, architect and aesthetic philosopher. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diverse references to architecture, the arts, the city and the military. Virilio was a prolific creator of neologisms, most notably his concept of "dromology", the all-around, pervasive inscription of speed in every aspect of life.
