Cumbrian alchemy

Robert Williams; Bryan McGovern Wilson

Cumbrian alchemy

Robert Williams
, Bryan McGovern Wilson

University of Cumbria

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The 'Nuclear culture source book' is a resource and introduction to nuclear culture, one of the most urgent themes within contemporary art and society, charting the ways in which art and philosophy contribute to a cultural understanding of the nuclear. The book brings together contemporary art and ideas investigating the nuclear Anthropocene, nuclear sites and materiality, along with important questions of radiological inheritance, nuclear modernity and he philosophical concept of radiation as a hyperobject. See pp.070, 074-5, 188, 198. Robert Williams & Bryan McGovern Wilson, Cumbrian Alchemy (2013-2016).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Nuclear Culture Source Book
Editors	Ele Carpenter
Place of Publication	London, UK
Publisher	Black Dog
Pages	070-198
Number of pages	208
ISBN (Print)	9781911164050
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2016

Keywords

nuclear
radiation
contemporary art
nuclear anthropocene
deep-time
Cumbrian Alchemy

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