In 1985, the French philosopher Jean-Fran ois Lyotard curated a groundbreaking exhibition called Les Immat riaux at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The exhibition showed how telecommunication technologies were beginning to impact every aspect of life. At the same time, it was a material demonstration of what Lyotard called the post-modern condition. This book features a previously unpublished report by Jean-Fran ois Lyotard on the conception of Les...