Metal

Artists and authors review the ethics and aesthetics that emerge from metal as a creative and destructive genre in contemporary culture. The publication starts with a journey through the Basque Country (Spain) as a reference case study–from the decline of its heavy steel industry to the rise of new digital and cultural industries–introducing a radical transition in the imaginaries of metal. A dual logic that emerges from metallurgical processes creates indeed the potential for new tools or weapons, that transform industry, technology, and politics. Is there a radical ideology of metal setting the tone, the shape, or the weight of new affects, identities, languages, musics, or wars? 

Edited by / Editado por: Gabriala Acha and Jorge Miñano

Featuring / contenidos: Gabriela Acha, Ibon Aranberri, Javier Arbizu, Nora Aurrekoetxea, Jane Bennett, Rosi Braidotti, Judith Butler, Troy Conrad Therrien, Eduardo Fuembuena, Marisa González, Eloy de la Iglesia, Irati Inoriza, Manuel DeLanda, Mattin, Jorge Miñano, Jorge Oteiza, Jussi Parikka, Luciana Parisi, Sadie Plant, Paul B. Preciado, Paco Rabanne, Dámaso Randulfe, Allan Sekula, Gilbert Simondon, Las Vulpes.

ISBN: 978-3-948519-01-8

Languages: English, Basque, Spanish / Lenguas: Castellano, euskera, inglés,
Pages / páginas : 264
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Colors: Silver offset (cover), black offset (interior)
Papers: Impact Natural 100% recycled C0₂ neutral,
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Producción y correcciones / coordination and copy-edit:
Gabriela Acha
Dirección de arte y diseño / art direction and design:
Jorge Miñano
Lectorado / proofreading:
Nestor Iriondo (ES – EUS), William Kherbek (EN)
Asistencia maquetación / layout assistance:
Kelly Diepenbrock
Traducciones / translations:
Diego Galar (EN – ES), Nestor Iriondo (EN – ES),
Jorge Miñano (EN – ES), Nerea Múgica  (EN – EUS)