Ten Texts on Sculpture 6: Entropy
In this episode we talk about entropy in relation to sculpture. through a text by Robert Smithson, and writing about Beverly Buchanan
An episode of the The Bad Vibes Club podcast, hosted by Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau, titled "Ten Texts on Sculpture 6: Entropy" was published on January 12, 2024 and runs 71 minutes.
January 12, 2024 ·71m · The Bad Vibes Club
Summary
The sixth of a series of reading group podcasts on sculpture. In this episode we talk about entropy in relation to sculpture. We look at two texts. One is Robert Smithson’s 1966 essay, ‘Entropy and the New Monuments’, and the other is a 2015 publication on the work of Beverly Buchanan from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, edited by Park McArthur and Jennifer Burris Staton. We talk about entropy, ruins, major and minor approaches to work, and the relationship between wider culture and formal developments in art. Below are the texts we looked at for this podcast. You can download them from dekersaint.com/badvibesclub Smithson, Robert. ‘Entropy and the New Monuments’. Artforum, 1966. McArthur, Park, and Jennifer Staton, eds. Beverly Buchanan: 1978 - 1981. Mexico City: Athénée Press, 2015.
Episode Description
The sixth of a series of reading group podcasts on sculpture. In this episode we talk about entropy in relation to sculpture. We look at two texts. One is Robert Smithson’s 1966 essay, ‘Entropy and the New Monuments’, and the other is a 2015 publication on the work of Beverly Buchanan from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, edited by Park McArthur and Jennifer Burris Staton. We talk about entropy, ruins, major and minor approaches to work, and the relationship between wider culture and formal developments in art.
Below are the texts we looked at for this podcast. You can download them from dekersaint.com/badvibesclub
Smithson, Robert. ‘Entropy and the New Monuments’. Artforum, 1966.
McArthur, Park, and Jennifer Staton, eds. Beverly Buchanan: 1978 - 1981. Mexico City: Athénée Press, 2015.
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