Useless Bodies? - Elmgreen & Dragset
Elmgreen & Dragset Mario Mainetti
Fondazione Prada, ISBN 9788887029802,
Pb, 528 pgs, 17 x 22cm
Acqn. 32336
In Stock
£73.00
Pb, 528 pgs, 17 x 22cm
Acqn. 32336
In Stock
£73.00
Spanning more than 3,000 square meters, “Useless Bodies?” is one of the most ambitious
thematic investigations realized by Fondazione Prada to date. Conceived for four gallery
spaces and the courtyard of its Milan venue, the exhibition explores the present condition of
the body in the post-industrial age in which it seems that our physical presence is losing its
centrality or is even completely superfluous. This shift impacts every aspect of our lives: from
our working conditions to our health, our interpersonal relationships, and the way we retain
information. The exhibition “Useless Bodies?” also explores how we physically adapt to a
world increasingly based on two-dimensional imagery, not least in the light of the current
pandemic.
Conceived as a thematic extension of the exhibition rather than a conventional catalogue. It
is a reader with multiple perspectives from over 35 authors —philosophers, artists, writers,
scientists, and thinkers— addressing our changing perceptions of the body and its status
today.
With texts by Marc Abélès, Anita Allen, Paola Antonelli, Benedetta Barzini, Claudia Bianchi, Lisa Blackman, Rosi Braidotti, Maria Luisa Catoni, Beatriz Colomina, Kate Crawford, Ezio Di Nucci, John Drury, Elmgreen & Dragset, Roderick A. Ferguson, Flavia Frigeri, Niccolò Gravina, Jamie Hakim, Jack Halberstam, Maki Hirayama, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Leah Kelly, Leslie Kern, Eben Kirskey, Rem Koolhaas, Firoza Kothari, David Le Breton, Geert Lovink, Mario Mainetti, Christian Marazzi, Francesca Minerva, Park Han-hee, David Pearce, Miuccia Prada, Roberta Sassatelli, Salvatore Settis, Xinyuan Wang, McKenzie Wark, Bernadette Wegenstein.