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100	1		_aWalsh, Maria, _eauthor. _922577
245	1	0	_aTherapeutic aesthetics : _bperformative encounters in moving image artworks / _cMaria Walsh.
260			_aLondon : _bBloomsbury Academic, _c2020.
300			_a240 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
440			_aRadical aesthetics, radical art _92270
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504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_t1. Setting the scene – two supplementary vignettes
505			_t2. The imbrication of poison and cure in Harun Farocki
505			_t3. Homeopathic mimicry in Omer Fast's war trilogy
505			_t4. Melanie Gilligan's signifying semiologies and the micro-resistance of collective subjectivity
505			_t5. Pharmacological reparation in Liz Magic Laser's Primal Speech
505			_t6. Leigh Ledare's pharmacological aesthetics of group analysis
505			_t7. Aesthetic modes of performative truth-telling in The O Show and Self Made
505			_t8. The transitional pleasures of emotional labour in Lucy Beech's and Rehana Zaman's videos
505			_tConclusion: Toxicity and self-care – two poles of pharmacological aesthetics
520	8		_aOver the last century, society has witnessed a dramatic shift away from industrial employment, where profit was largely achieved via physical labour to that in which money is made from mental exertion. In this original and provocative book, Maria Walsh contends that modern neo-liberal conditions have created a world of precarity, in which labour is expendable, material success is essential and technology means that the old work-life balance no longer exists. Even artists, she argues, who previously believed themselves to be removed from the commercial realm, have found themselves labelled as commodities whose work can be marketed for financial gain. In order to process their trauma, and that of the precariat at large, Walsh asserts that moving-image artists have created a slew of works that perform therapeutic techniques such as REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy) and VRET (Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy) that allow creators and viewers to acknowledge and surmount the increasing cases of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder that precarity and instability have wrought upon modern life. Walsh's case studies ensure that this book is useful for students and scholars in the areas of art, philosophy and aesthetics, or those studying the therapeutic qualities of art.
530			_aAlso available in printed form ISBN 9781350093157.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _cAskews and Holts. _nMode of access: World Wide Web.
600		0	_aFox, Oriana _940414
650		0	_aArt therapy _924846
830		0	_aRadical aesthetics, radical art _92270
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