Inquiring into the role of art between concretion and abstraction through
theoretical and artistic contributions, the publication unfolds around formalistic approaches to art theory that assert autonomy.
By taking into account the social and economic aspects of critical theory, Abstraction and Economy. Myths of Growth
aims to track down the aesthetic regime of capitalism.
With contributions by Clemens Apprich, Brenna Bhandar, Christina
von Braun, Sabeth Buchmann, Karel Císař, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Patricia Grzonka, Gabriele Jutz, Eva Kernbauer, Blaise
Kirschner and David Panos, Leigh Claire La Berge, Sven Lütticken, Falke Pisano, R. H. Quaytman, Christian Scherrer, Eva Maria
Stadler, Jenni Tischer, Marina Vishmidt, Beat Weber, and Markus Wissen.
TALK
& READING
Sunday, March 9, 2025, 5.30 p.m.
Klosterruine
Berlin
Klosterstraße 73a
10179 Berlin
With
Eva Maria Stadler
Jenni Tischer
Dialogue partner
Markus Wissen
In conversation, Eva Maria Stadler, Jenni Tischer
and sociologist Markus Wissen discuss the critical relationship between society and nature, which is heavily influenced by
the capitalist mode of production and imperial mode of living. Using the example of climate change, defined as a negative
external effect, Wissen explains how politics creates incentives to economically internalize the otherwise freely available
terrestrial carbon storage by assigning it prices. Capitalist exploitation is relying on the notion of unlimited natural resources,
which makes the occurrence of negative externalities less a market failure than a normal function of capitalism.
The event takes place in English.
An event by the editors in collaboration with Klosterruine Berlin
Abstraction & Economy – Myths of Growth
Eva Maria Stadler & Jenni Tischer
(eds.)
De Gruyter, 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-136634-0
