The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things: Mark Leckey Curates by Erik Davis (Illustrated, 15 Feb 2013) Paperback

by Alixe Bovey

Curated by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Leckey, The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things explores the theme of “techno-animism,” whereby the inanimate comes to life through technology. Leckey juxtaposes contemporary art with machines, archeological objects and historical documents.

Unknown Binding

First published April 30, 2013

About the author

Alixe Bovey FSA (born 1950) is a Canadian medieval art historian and Dean and Deputy Director at the Courtauld Institute of Art, a college of the University of London. Her research has been chiefly concerned with pictorial narratives and their cultural and literary context. She has also written on medieval monsters.

In 2008, Bovey presented the BBC television series In Search of Medieval Britain, in which she retraced a series of journeys through Britain in the Middle Ages using the Gough Map.