Être présente et absente simultanément : l’action furtive

Furtive actions are artworks which take place at first in the public place and which are then communicated within the field of art. In the street, these commonplace gestures realized without spectator go unnoticed for those who walk past them. In museums, what is presented is the mark of a past acti...

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Main Author: Sophie Lapalu
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Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2018-11-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/7355
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description Furtive actions are artworks which take place at first in the public place and which are then communicated within the field of art. In the street, these commonplace gestures realized without spectator go unnoticed for those who walk past them. In museums, what is presented is the mark of a past action. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Purloined Letter, and the seminar that Jacques Lacan dedicated to it allow us to draw the structure of this type of artworks, always both present and absent simultaneously.
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title Être présente et absente simultanément : l’action furtive
title_full Être présente et absente simultanément : l’action furtive
title_fullStr Être présente et absente simultanément : l’action furtive
title_full_unstemmed Être présente et absente simultanément : l’action furtive
title_short Être présente et absente simultanément : l’action furtive
title_sort etre presente et absente simultanement l action furtive
topic presence
absence
detective fiction
Contemporary art
furtive action
indistinguishable
url https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/7355
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