Aesthetics of Concern: Art in the Wake of the Triple Disaster of North­-Eastern Japan and Hurricane Katrina 

Authors

  • Line Marie Marie Thorsen Art History, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University og Copenhagen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.196

Keywords:

Disaster art,  Bruno Latour,  Actor‐Network Theory,  matters‐of‐concern

Abstract

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, several artists turned their practices towards the subject of disaster support. Drawing on the philosophy of Bruno Latour, I argue that these artistic practices come to articulate and re‐present the multitude of concerns interwoven with disaster.      

Author Biography

Line Marie Marie Thorsen, Art History, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University og Copenhagen

Cand.Mag in Art History, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University og Copenhagen

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Published

2014-03-11

How to Cite

Thorsen, Line Marie Marie. “Aesthetics of Concern: Art in the Wake of the Triple Disaster of North­-Eastern Japan and Hurricane Katrina ”. Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, Mar. 2014, doi:10.5283/copas.196.

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2013): Sentiment

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Articles

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