GARCIA, Tristan; NORMAND, Vincent (eds.)
Theater, Garden, Bestiary – A Materialist History of Exhibitions

This volume both gathers and expands on the results of the research project “Theater, Garden, Bestiary: A Materialist History of Exhibitions” held at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, and proposes to draft a history of exhibitions sourced from a wide corpus reaching beyond the framework of art institutions. It undertakes a transdisciplinary history, at the nexus of art history, science studies, and philosophy, exploring the role the exhibition played in the construction of the conceptual categories of modernity, and outlines a historiographical model that grasps the exhibition as both an aesthetic and epistemic site.  (publisher's note)

Published by Sternberg Press / ECAL, 2019
Design by Wolfgang Hückel and Katharina Tauer
Essays / Cultural Studies / Curatorial Studies / Art History