{"product_id":"why-look-at-plants-giovanni-aloi-9789004409583","title":"Why Look at Plants?: The Botanical Emergence in Contemporary Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Outstanding Academic Titles award in Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College \u0026amp; Research Libraries (ACRL)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy Look at Plants?\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a thought-provoking and fascinating look into the emerging cultural politics of plant-presence in contemporary art. Through the original contributions of artists, scholars, and curators who have creatively engaged with the ultimate otherness of plants in their work, this volume maps and problematizes new intra-active, agential interconnectedness involving human-non-human biosystems central to artistic and philosophical discourses of the Anthropocene.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Plant's fixity, perceived passivity, and resilient silence have relegated the vegetal world to the cultural background of human civilization. However, the recent emergence of plants in the gallery space constitutes a wake-up-call to reappraise this relationship at a time of deep ecological and ontological crisis. \u003ci\u003eWhy Look at Plants?\u003c\/i\u003e challenges readers' pre-established notions through a diverse gathering of insights, stories, experiences, perspectives, and arguments encompassing multiple disciplines, media, and methodologies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giovanni Aloi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004409580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004409583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Giovanni Aloi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941300699391,"sku":"9789004409583","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_21c1a1bf-03e6-432d-b3c0-e91810bf3230.jpg?v=1681452113","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-look-at-plants-giovanni-aloi-9789004409583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}