Aestheticising and beautifying

Aestheticising and beautifying

Does Rancière's conception of the politics of aesthetics really have 'nothing to do with Benjamin's discussion … that is specific to the "age of the masses"'? In this presentation, I explore a distinction between aestheticisation and beautification: while the former disrupts dominant ways in which the commodified city is sensed and made sense of, the latter consolidates existing social and economic arrangements and opens up additional profit-making terrains in the city.

Date

10–11 June 2019

Language

English

Location

Cardiff University

Event

Symposium – Spaces and Politics of Aesthetics

Author

Günter Gassner

Keywords

Critical Theory

Benjamin

Skyline

Aesthetics

Spatial practices