Exquisite Failure: The Telescope as Lived Object

Year: 2013 Authors: Elizabeth McTernan; Luke Wolcott

Core claim

Failed mathematics can be recontextualized as art to reveal mathematical ontology as both objective and subjective, and as lived experience.

Topics

mathematical failure, artistic recontextualization, human experience, creative practice

Domains

derived category, tensor triangulated category theory, stable homotopy theory, idea-based art, installation art, conceptual print work

Methods

artist statement, theoretical reflection, mixed-media installation, printed documentation

Media

24x24 printed array, movable magnifying dome lens, 12-page stapled document, four images

Source status

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