{"product_id":"what-comes-after-farce-by-hal-foster-9781804295939","title":"What Comes After Farce?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf farce follows tragedy, what follows farce? Where does the double predicament of a post-truth and post-shame politics leave artists and critics on the left? How to demystify a hegemonic order that dismisses its own contradictions? How to belittle a political elite that cannot be embarrassed, or to mock party leaders who thrive on the absurd? How to out-dada President Ubu? And, in any event, why add outrage to a media economy that thrives on the same?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Comes After Farce?\u003c\/i\u003e comments on shifts in art, criticism, and fiction in the face of the current regime of war, surveillance, extreme inequality, and media disruption. A first section focuses on the cultural politics of emergency since 9\/11, including the use and abuse of trauma, paranoia, and kitsch. A second reviews the neoliberal makeover of art institutions during the same period. Finally, a third section surveys transformations in media as reflected in recent art, film, and fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the phenomena explored here are \"machine vision\" (images produced by machines for other machines without a human interface), \"operational images\" (images that do not represent the world so much as intervene in it), and the algorithmic scripting of information so pervasive in our everyday lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601309974764,"sku":"9781804295939","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/acd7048e0332a87f6d40b8547be63c1e.jpg?v=1778036719","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/what-comes-after-farce-by-hal-foster-9781804295939","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}