Pascal Rousseau: Unter Einfluss Hypnose als neues Kunstmedium (Documenta (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts / 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken) - Softcover

Pascal Rousseau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3775729291 ISBN 13: 9783775729291

Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2012

Synopsis

In his notebook, philosopher Pascal Rousseau uses the medium of hypnosis and an account of its followers to draw a line from the fin de siècle to the beginning of the twenty-first century. At the moment, hypnosis is applied by various contemporary artists and cultural producers as a neo-conceptual method that transcends the polarity of active-passive and reflects on the historical roots of hypnosis. The opinions of the historic prime fathers of hypnosis, like Arthur d’Anglemont (1821–1898), Paul Souriau (1852–1926), and Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893), are commented on and discussed in regard to contemporary hypnosis practices in art. As a paradoxical state of being awake, hypnosis influences the creative imagination and the self-perception of its subjects. For more then 120 years it has hovered, as artistic practice and “paradoxical sleep,” between identity, collectivity, and utopia. Pascal Rousseau (*1965) is Professor of Contemporary Art History at the Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3775729291
• ISBN 13: 9783775729291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32