CHAOS, TERRITORY, ART Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth
CHAOS, TERRITORY, ART Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth Elizabeth Grosz COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK Frontispiece: Mountain Devil Lizard copyright © Nancy Kunoth Petyarre. Courtesy Walkabout Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2008 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grosz, E. A. (Elizabeth A.) Chaos, territory, art: Deleuze and the framing of the earth / Elizabeth Grosz. p. cm. — (The Wellek library lectures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-231-14518-3 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-51787-4 (e-book) 1. Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995. 2. Arts—Philosophy. I. Title. B2430.D454G76 2008 700.1—DC22 2007047572 © Casebound editions of Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America c 10 987654321 References to Internet Web Sites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writ• ing. Neither the author nor Columbia University Press is responsible for Web sites that may have expired or changed since the book was prepared. The Wellek Library Lectures in Critical Theory are given annually at the University of California, Irvine, under the auspices of the Critical Theory Institute. The following lectures were given in May 2007. The Critical Theory Institute John Smith, director CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix ONE Chaos. Cosmos, Territory, Architecture i TWO Vibration. Animal, Sex, Music 25 THREE Sensation. The Earth, a People, Art 63 Bibliography 105 Index in ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My strong and heartfelt thanks must go to the Critical Theory In• stitute at the University of California, Irvine, for inviting me to present the Wellek Library Lectures in May 2007, and particularly to John Smith, director and Lisa Ness, administrative coordinator, who made my time at Irvine remarkably smooth and stimulating.
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