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What is time, what is space and how do they relate to each other? Even
to pose these questions is to presume their existence, says Meister
Eckhart in his Commentary on Exodus, from where he then develops
his own view on the subject. Although far from having become mainstream,
his definition of time as presentiality and space as non-categorical
creativity had an enormous influence throughout history, particularly in
the arts. In this thematic volume the contributors explore the concepts
of time and space in Eckhart's thought, situating these historically,
philosophically, theologically, and culturally, whilst focusing on their
interpretation in art works, particularly by the American-Korean
performance and video artist Taery Kim (b. 1988) who refers explicitely
to Eckhart. Kim advances the questions 'what is time?' and 'what is
space?' as embodied questions in her performances and video
installations, thus exploring Eckhart and inquiring into the ways we can
think about our relationships, as embodied subjects, to the vagrancies
and bindings of time and space now. Drawing together artists, art
historians, theologians, and philosophers, as well as building on
existing scholarship, this volume provides the first lengthy discussion
of spatio-temporality in Eckhart's writings, highlighting Eckhart's
relationship to performance art, and the works of Kim.
