Vita Contemplativa In Praise of Inactivity - Byung-Chul Han -Daniel Steuer (Translator) Sculpture This publication documents two exhibitions

This publication documents two exhibitions

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Vita Contemplativa In Praise of Inactivity - Byung-Chul Han -Daniel Steuer (Translator) Sculpture This publication documents two exhibitionsfrom work, becomes part of the same logic. Intense life today means first of all more performance or more consumption. We have forgotten that it is precisely inactivity, which does not produce anything, that represents an intense and radiant form of life. For Byung Chul Han, inactivity constitutes the human. Without moments of pause or hesitation, acting deteriorates into blind action and reaction. When life follows the rule of stimulusresponse and