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A sharp philosophical investigation into how art, finance, and thought are shaped by radical contingency — edited by Robin Mackay.
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About the Book
The Medium of Contingency brings together leading voices from contemporary philosophy, art theory, and finance to explore how the notion of absolute contingency reshapes our understanding of markets, materiality, and artistic creation. Edited by philosopher Robin Mackay (Urbanomic), and featuring contributions by Reza Negarestani, Elie Ayache, Miguel Abreu, Matthew Poole, and Scott Lyall, the book is based on a conference held at Thomas Dane Gallery in London.
The contributors examine how artistic media and financial instruments both operate through unpredictability, opening up reflections on the limits of knowledge, rationalism, and the role of curatorship and speculation in contemporary culture. A rigorous and conceptually demanding publication that bridges speculative realism, contemporary art, and finance.
Condition: Light shelfwear and a slightly bent corner on the cover (see photos). Inside clean and unread.
Paperback, 14.8 x
21.0
cm, 0.2 kg, 78 pages, English
ISBN: 978-0-9930458-9-9
About the Author
Robin Mackay – Philosopher, editor of Collapse
and director of Urbanomic.
Reza Negarestani – Iranian philosopher and
author of Cyclonopedia, Intelligence and Spirit.
Focused on rationalist universalism.
Elie Ayache – Former options trader, theorist
of probability and financial markets, author of The Blank Swan.
Miguel Abreu – Director of Miguel Abreu Gallery
(New York), curator and publisher of Sequence Press.
Scott Lyall – Visual artist working across
media and theory.
Matthew Poole – Curator and theorist,
affiliated with Kynaston McShine group (UK).
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Publisher / Manufacturer:
Urbanomic
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Website:
https://www.urbanomic.com/
Kirill Korchemkin
Graf-Stauffenberg-Straße 6
76189 Karlsruhe
Germany
Phone: +4915223356050