ABSTRACT
Some experiences of art are not necessarily connected to a single image, object, time, or location. Indeed, certain works of art are presented as a complex aggregate of very different forms, locations, versions, and modes of delivery. In such cases, it might be limiting to expect a single object or point of entry to be adequately commensurate with the work as a whole. This diverse selection of contributions from artists, curators, and theorists explores new and emerging conceptions of art understood and experienced in relation to multiple and intersecting locations and temporalities, interminable reproducibility, radical indeterminacy, and the collapse of physical space. It considers new ways of thinking about aesthetics, historical malleability, and the distributive relationships that collectively sustain but do not delimit or define contemporary art. Emphasizing dynamic relationships between material forms and social contexts set against sometimes radically materially and spatially expanded conceptions of what might constitute a work of art, this book presents a range of ways in which art can simultaneously inhabit very different forms of transmission, spaces of relation, and modes of mediation.
