Lionel Ruffel's 'Brouhaha' Maps the Contemporary
In a review published in artpress' April 2016 issue, Lionel Ruffel's book 'Brouhaha. Les mondes du contemporain' (Verdier) is examined. The review, titled 'Cartographier le contemporain,' explores Ruffel's argument that cultural experience is always an experience of time, particularly for early 21st-century Western individuals who come after major meditations on time. The book offers a cartography of the contemporary world, analyzing the multiple worlds that constitute it.
Key facts
- Lionel Ruffel authored 'Brouhaha. Les mondes du contemporain'
- Published by Verdier
- Reviewed in artpress n°432, April 2016, p. 82
- Review title: 'Lionel Ruffel. Cartographier le contemporain'
- Book argues cultural experience is always temporal
- Focuses on early 21st-century Western perspective
- Described as a cartography of the contemporary
- Addresses multiple worlds within the contemporary
Entities
Artists
- Lionel Ruffel
Institutions
- Verdier
- artpress
Sources
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