Benjamin Roulet-Decante

Texts on Immateriality

Writing

Overview

Texts on Immateriality is a collection of essays examining the conceptual foundations of contemporary art practice. Published as a limited edition chapbook, this work extends my research into the philosophical underpinnings of object-making in an increasingly digital world.

Publication Details

Contents

  1. The Object in Question - On the persistence of materiality in digital culture
  2. Thresholds - An essay on liminal spaces in installation art
  3. Against Preservation - Thoughts on intentional ephemerality
  4. The Spectator’s Burden - Ethics of viewing in the age of documentation
  5. After Language - Non-linguistic modes of artistic communication

Excerpts

“To make an object is to participate in a conspiracy of permanence. We build, we preserve, we archive—against the fundamental truth that everything returns to dust. My practice asks: what if we embraced this impermanence instead of fighting it?”

Readings