{"product_id":"the-owls-are-not-what-arnaud-gerspacher-9781517913564","title":"The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Artist as Ethologist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToward a posthumanist art and ethology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Owls Are Not What They Seem\u003c\/i\u003e is a selective history of modern and contemporary engagements with animals in the visual arts and how these explorations relate to the evolution of scientific knowledge regarding animals. Arnaud Gerspacher argues that artistic knowledge, with its experimental nature, ability to contain contradictions, and more capacious understanding of truth-claims, presents a valuable supplement to scientific knowledge when it comes to encountering and existing alongside nonhuman animals and life worlds. \u003cp\u003eThough critical of art works involving animals that are unreflective and exploitative, Gerspacher's exploration of aesthetic practices by Allora \u0026amp; Calzadilla, Pierre Huyghe, Agnieszka Kurant, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Martin Roth, David Weber-Krebs, and others suggests that, alongside scientific practices, art has much to offer in revealing the otherworldly qualities of animals and forging ecopolitical solidarities with fellow earthlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnaud Gerspacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151791356X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517913564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Arnaud Gerspacher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057239486719,"sku":"9781517913564","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f62b3425-8711-4f8c-b904-07acfc83d665.jpg?v=1685045834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-owls-are-not-what-arnaud-gerspacher-9781517913564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}