Toxic Temple: An Artistic and Philosophical Adventure into the Toxicity of the Now

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Author: Anna Lerchbaumer, Killian Jörg (Eds.)What changes when we religiously worship the toxic? In this era of catastrophe, can a cosmic connection be achieved through a cult of p ollution? This title is an artistic-philosophical quest to understand the current parlous state of the world. Garbage dumps are the new temples. In a mania of sadistic composure we breathe in the here and now. Transformative forces are released, free radicals; rituals that expose the chaos that lurks beneath the surface.We offer our inner contradictions and destructive lusts as objects of worship. We enter wastelands instead of new territory, leaving space for artefacts, expressing solidarity with the factual.We encounter colourful assemblages of things that connect the known cosmos, tread the shaky ground of novel divinity, inhale pungent odours that transport us to the sublime.ISBN 9783110769142. Birkhauser Verlag. hb. 208 pages. 120 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm. .available Show more