Why minimalism matters: radical quantity and the representation of immanence
2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 29; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/0950236x.2014.969300
ISSN1470-1308
Autores Tópico(s)Samuel Beckett and Modernism
ResumoQuantity underpins contemporary existence. This point is convincingly argued by Badiou and a host of thinkers writing in his wake. The present piece proposes that the minimalist aesthetic offers us remarkable insight into this quantitative ontology, in particular through the technique of modular repetition as exemplar to different types of counting or calculation. The additive and subtractive patterns of such repetition recognise their own formative procedures as fundamentally quantitative, exemplifying the difficult relationship between counting, telos, and identity. The music of Philip Glass, the writing of Samuel Beckett and Robert Lax, and the sculpture of Sol LeWitt furnish us with poignant examples in this regard.
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