Going Public

If all things in the world can be considered sources of aesthetic experience, suggests media critic and philosopher Boris Groys, then art no longer holds aprivileged position. Rather, art comes between the subject and the world,and any aesthetic discourse used to legitimize art must also necessarily serveto undermine it. As editor, Groys assembles a multi-layered collection ofessays by influential contributors as the latest issue of E-Flux Journal, includingnoted curator Lars Bang Larson and visual artist Paul Chan.