The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes

The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes

Fabien Bürgy’s work creates interstitions in which the virtual becomes indistinguishable from the real, and the real becomes impregnated with the virtual. Spikes is a sculpture-installation that exists in a threshold in which matter becomes digital and the digital becomes matter. This review address...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Renata Lemos Morais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2014-12-01
Series:Forum
Online Access:http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/1150
id doaj-882c74c6143547d29762acac994ecd0d
record_format Article
spelling doaj-882c74c6143547d29762acac994ecd0d2020-11-25T02:53:01ZengUniversity of EdinburghForum1749-97712014-12-01191150The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on SpikesRenata Lemos Morais0Deakin UniversityFabien Bürgy’s work creates interstitions in which the virtual becomes indistinguishable from the real, and the real becomes impregnated with the virtual. Spikes is a sculpture-installation that exists in a threshold in which matter becomes digital and the digital becomes matter. This review addresses the many conceptual layers particular to this artwork, and wishes to preserve the aura of inscrutability that belongs to its poetics.http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/1150
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Renata Lemos Morais
spellingShingle Renata Lemos Morais
The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes
Forum
author_facet Renata Lemos Morais
author_sort Renata Lemos Morais
title The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes
title_short The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes
title_full The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes
title_fullStr The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes
title_full_unstemmed The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes
title_sort material poetics of fabien bürgy: reflections on spikes
publisher University of Edinburgh
series Forum
issn 1749-9771
publishDate 2014-12-01
description Fabien Bürgy’s work creates interstitions in which the virtual becomes indistinguishable from the real, and the real becomes impregnated with the virtual. Spikes is a sculpture-installation that exists in a threshold in which matter becomes digital and the digital becomes matter. This review addresses the many conceptual layers particular to this artwork, and wishes to preserve the aura of inscrutability that belongs to its poetics.
url http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/1150
work_keys_str_mv AT renatalemosmorais thematerialpoeticsoffabienburgyreflectionsonspikes
AT renatalemosmorais materialpoeticsoffabienburgyreflectionsonspikes
_version_ 1724727138261663744

Similar Items