• Medientyp: Buch
  • Titel: The sceptical structures of Max
  • Beteiligte: Himmelheber, Max [Verfasser:in]; Beckett, James [Illustrator:in]
  • Erschienen: Amsterdam: Roma Publications, [2022]
  • Erschienen in: ROMA publication ; 437
  • Umfang: 118 Seiten; Illustrationen
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN: 9789464460285; 9464460288
  • RVK-Notation: LI 99999 : Sonstige (CSN der Person)
  • Schlagwörter: Himmelheber, Max > Rezeption > Beckett, James > Objektkunst
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  • Beschreibung: Artist James Beckett shines light on inventor Max Himmelheber, who modernised particleboard. Originally an act of frugality, Himmelheber bound the waste of sawmills with phenol resin, resulting in a highly versatile, stable product. Also known as chipboard, this material has spawned a love-hate relationship due its disposability, and more recently discovered environmental impact. Almost pre-empting the material's pitfalls, Himmelheber turned his attention to a set of philosophical writings on humanity's role in an industrialised world, displaying a culturally conservative distrust of unchecked technical progress. His character permeates these pages, as we learn of his multiple intersections of boy scouting, Shintoism and environmentalism. Through a historical account of this little-known figure, The Sceptical Structures of Max is as much a lucid memento mori as a call to reimagine our relation to the environment. The book includes a contribution by and conversation with Dirk van Weelden
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