Kältebilder : Ästhetik und Erkenntnis am Gefrierpunkt
Bruhn, Matthias
Kältebilder : Ästhetik und Erkenntnis am Gefrierpunkt - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021 - 1 electronic resource (120 p.)
Open Access
Cold has always been of fundamental importance to human culture, but it was not until the industrial age that possibilities of artificial cooling were invented which are taken for granted today. However, colling was also accompanied by new possibilities for gaining knowledge. The frozen movement became a metaphor for technical still life, and without cryogenics, there would be no modern computing and imaging processes. Such possibilities of ice-cold observation are contrasted by losses of visibility, due to frost or precipitation, just as the artificial lowering of temperatures fuels climate change precisely through its energy consumption. Cooling technology is reaching new lows and highs in every respect – with extensive consequences for knowledge and perception.
Creative Commons
German
9783110747614 9783110747614 9783110746952
10.1515/9783110747614 doi
The arts: general issues
Theory of art
General studies
Digitization of financial services FinTech Blockchain quantum computing decentralised finance DeFi
Kältebilder : Ästhetik und Erkenntnis am Gefrierpunkt - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021 - 1 electronic resource (120 p.)
Open Access
Cold has always been of fundamental importance to human culture, but it was not until the industrial age that possibilities of artificial cooling were invented which are taken for granted today. However, colling was also accompanied by new possibilities for gaining knowledge. The frozen movement became a metaphor for technical still life, and without cryogenics, there would be no modern computing and imaging processes. Such possibilities of ice-cold observation are contrasted by losses of visibility, due to frost or precipitation, just as the artificial lowering of temperatures fuels climate change precisely through its energy consumption. Cooling technology is reaching new lows and highs in every respect – with extensive consequences for knowledge and perception.
Creative Commons
German
9783110747614 9783110747614 9783110746952
10.1515/9783110747614 doi
The arts: general issues
Theory of art
General studies
Digitization of financial services FinTech Blockchain quantum computing decentralised finance DeFi