Boredom and Art: Passions of the Will to Boredom

by Julian Jason Haladyn

Boredom and Art examines the use of boredom as a strategy in modern and contemporary art to resist or frustrate the effects of consumerism and capitalism. This book traces the emergence of what Haladyn terms the will to boredom in which artists, writers and philosophers actively attempt to use the lack of interest inherent in the state of being 'bored' to challenge people. Instead of accepting the prescribed meanings of life given to us by consumer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782799982
• ISBN13: 9781782799986
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Zero Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"