On the Animation of the Inorganic: Art, Architecture, and the Extension of Life

by Spyros Papapetros

Book Overview

Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. In our secular societies today, we still willingly believe that nonliving objects have lives of their own as we find ourselves interacting with computers and other equipment. In On the Animation of the Inorganic, Spyros Papapetros examines ideas about simulated movement and inorganic life during and after the turn of the twentieth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022638019X
• ISBN13: 9780226380193
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"