NANO Special Issue Introduction: The Aesthetics of Trash

The concrete objects that surround us, and their inevitable fates as trash, are under scrutiny in this special issue of NANO. In this issue we will ask, what happens when those concrete objects that promised us a future are suddenly found to be empty in our present? What happens when objects that pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Banash, John DeGregorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New York City College of Technology 2015-06-01
Series:NANO
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Online Access:https://nanocrit.com/issues/issue7/introduction-aesthetics-trash
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Summary:The concrete objects that surround us, and their inevitable fates as trash, are under scrutiny in this special issue of NANO. In this issue we will ask, what happens when those concrete objects that promised us a future are suddenly found to be empty in our present? What happens when objects that promised us a future are cast away and forgotten as we reach towards some new, seemingly better promise?
ISSN:2160-0104