The Conspiracy of Art: Manifestos, Texts, Interviews
The images from Abu Ghraib are as murderous for America as those of the World Trade Center in flames. The whole West is contained in the burst of sadistic laughter of the American soldiers, as it is behind the construction of the Israeli wall. This is where the truth of these images lies. Truth, but not veracity. As virtual as the war itself, their specific violence adds to the specific violence of the war.In The Conspiracy of Art, Baudrillard questions the privilege attached to art by its...
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Cutting-edge theorist Jean Baudrillard on the complicitous dance of art, politics, economics, and media; includes "War Porn," on Abu Ghraib as a new genre of reality TV.
Introduction : the piracy of art by Sylvere Lotringer9The conspiracy of art25A conjuration of imbeciles30In the kingdom of the blind ...36Starting from Andy Warhol43Art between utopia and anticipation50No nostalgia for old aesthetic values61La Commedia dell'Arte65Too much is too much75Art contemporary ... of itself89Towards the vanishing point of art98Aesthetic illusion and disillusion111The implosion of Beaubourg133The violence of indifference141Viral economy156Radical thought162Dust breeding181Telemorphosis188The matrix revisited201War porn205Pataphysics213Forget Artaud (Jean Baudrillard / Sylvere Lotringer)217
\ From the Publisher"[Baudrillard] proves himself to be as much of a thoughtful iconoclast as ever."Canadian Art\ Semiotext(e)\ \ \
