Landscape as Weapon: Cultures of Exhaustion and Refusal

by John Beck

Once the playgrounds and raw material for the avantgarde, abandoned places and things--decommissioned military sites, postindustrial spaces, contested and forgotten edgelands--are now just as likely to be seen as assets for entrepreneurs or connoisseurs of the authentically worn-out. This is the age of patina, where the material remains of times past--the fields and factories, test sites, back alleys, machines, and statues--are coveted, adored, mourned,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789143055
• ISBN13: 9781789143058
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"