Drawing a Hypothesis – Nikolaus Gansterer

Drawing a Hypothesis is an exciting reader on the ontology of forms of visualisation and on the development of the diagrammatic perspective and its use in contemporary art, science and theory. In an intense process of exchange with artists and scientists, Nikolaus Gansterer reveals drawing figures as a media of research which enables the emergence of new narratives and ideas by tracing the speculative potential of diagrams. Based on a discursive analysis of found figures with the artist’s own diagrammatic maps and models, the invited authors create unique correlations between thinking and drawing. The book is a rich compendium of figures of thought, which moves from scientific representation through artistic interpretation and vice versa. Central hypotheses of the publication were later re-transformed into installations and/or performance lectures and presented in various occasions and formats.

Book concept: Nikolaus Gansterer
Book design: Simona Koch
All drawings by Nikolaus Gansterer, 2005 – 2011

Amazon | De Gruyter

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