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  • The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art

    by Gregory Sholette ...
    Series series New Directions in Contemporary Art
    Since the global financial crash of 2008, artists have become increasingly engaged in a wide range of cultural activism targeted against capitalism, political authoritarianism, colonial legacies, gentrification, but also in opposition to their own exploitation. They have also absorbed and reflected forms of protest within their art practice itself. The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art maps, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dark Matter

    Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture

    by Gregory Sholette ...
    Series series Marxism and Culture
    Art is big business, with some artists able to command huge sums of money for their works, while the vast majority are ignored or dismissed by critics. This book shows that these marginalised artists, the 'dark matter' of the art world, are essential to the survival of the mainstream and that they frequently organize in opposition to it.Gregory Sholette, a politically engaged artist, argues that ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art

    by Gregory Sholette ...
    Series series New Directions in Contemporary Art
    Since the global financial crash of 2008, artists have become increasingly engaged in a wide range of cultural activism targeted against capitalism, political authoritarianism, colonial legacies, gentrification, but also in opposition to their own exploitation. They have also absorbed and reflected forms of protest within their art practice itself. The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art maps, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Delirium and Resistance

    Activist Art and the Crisis of Capitalism

    by Gregory Sholette ...
    In the aftermath of the 2016 US elections, Brexit, and a global upsurge of nationalist populism, it is evident that the delirium and the crisis of neoliberal capitalism is now the delirium and crisis of liberal democracy and its culture. And though capitalist crisis does not begin within art, art can reflect and amplify its effects, to positive and negative ends.In this follow-up to his ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Radical Unpresent

    Cultural Resistance in a Fractured World

    by Gregory Sholette ...
    **A necessary and timely exploration of art activism today, informed by centuries of protest.How contemporary artists and activists are navigating and resisting the collapse of historical time in our uncanny present.**The Radical Unpresent examines our disorienting contemporary moment, in which our experience of time has become profoundly disrupted. Building on his earlier work on “dark matter” in ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • Art as Social Action

    An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art

    Edited by Gregory Sholette, Chloë Bass, Social Practice Queens ...
    "Art as Social Action . . . is an essential guide to deepening social art practices and teaching them to students." —Laura Raicovich, president and executive director, Queens MuseumArt as Social Action is both a general introduction to and an illustrated, practical textbook for the field of social practice, an art medium that has been gaining popularity in the public sphere. With content arranged ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Art and Activism in the Age of Systemic Crisis

    Aesthetic Resilience

    Edited by Eliza Steinbock, Bram Ieven, Marijke de Valck ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Art and Politics
    This book examines how renewed forms of artistic activism were developed in the wake of the neoliberal repression since the 1980s.The volume shows the diverse ways in which artists have sought to confront systemic crises around the globe, searching for new and enduring forms of building communities and reimagining the political horizon. The authors engage in a dialogue with these artistic efforts ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Art and Politics

    Edited by Randy Martin ...
    Series series Routledge Art History and Visual Studies Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Art and Politics offers a thorough examination of the complex relationship between art and politics, and the many forms and approaches the engagement between them can take.The contributors - a diverse assembly of artists, activists, scholars from around the world – discuss and demonstrate ways of making art and politics legible and salient in the world. As such the 32 ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Lesley Shipley, Mey-Yen Moriuchi ...
    Series series Routledge Art History and Visual Studies Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century brings together a wide range of geographical, cultural, historical, and conceptual perspectives in a single volume of new essays that facilitate a deeper understanding of the field of art activism as it stands today and as it looks towards the future.The book is a resource for multiple fields, including art activism, socially ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Rational Ritual

    Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

    by Michael Suk-Young Chwe ...
    Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge.Game theory shows that in order to ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Hyperpolitics

    Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences

    by Anton Jäger ...
    POLITICS AFTER THE END OF THE END OF HISTORYWhat happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher’s London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton Jäger traces how public life has become infused with protest, spectacle, and moral urgency — while the old infrastructure of parties, unions, and civic solidarity has been ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A City Is Not a Computer

    Other Urban Intelligences

    by Shannon Mattern ...
    Series series Places Books
    A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computersComputational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities ... Read more

    $14.99 USD