@article{01HM8X7DKTZ6DVH8GNEDCW8QBQ,
  abstract     = {{According to Stiegler, contemporary toxic technologies have led to aesthetic disindividuation and aesthetic ‘conditioning’, substituting aesthetic ‘experience’ and amounting to its exploitation. Stiegler, however, also contends that the loss of individuation can be restored because of the pharmacological nature of technology. Moreover, he believes in the possibility of a “renaissance of the symbolic” in which art, artists and amateurs play a role. First, Stiegler considers the repeated encounter with works of art as a cure for symbolic misery and as an opportunity for individuation.
Second, the role art and artists can play is part of the larger process of ‘adoption’ of contemporary forms of technology.More in particular, Stiegler points out that digital media occasion the restoration of the intimate connection between artistic production and aesthetic reception. Even though Stiegler is well aware that symbolic misery will not be lifted on the basis of artistic activity alone, he may be too optimistic about art’s possibility for deproletarianization and for adopting contemporary technologies.}},
  author       = {{De Preester, Helena}},
  isbn         = {{9788855294089}},
  issn         = {{2282-4863}},
  journal      = {{AZIMUTH (ROMA)}},
  keywords     = {{Stiegler,art,aesthetics,symbolic misery,amateur}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{21}},
  pages        = {{101--114}},
  title        = {{Art in times of stupidity : Stiegler’s politicization of art in the hyperindustrial age}},
  volume       = {{11}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}