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Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011

Living as Form is the accompanying catalogue to the exhibition of the same named co-organised by Creative Time and Independent Curators International (ICI) in New York City. The exhibition brought together 100 projects, executed between 1991 and 2001, from around the globe that used aesthetics to influence social dynamics. Featured artists seek to promote public awareness and activate community participation through their works. These works are often categorised under the genre headings 'social practice,' 'social justice art,' or 'community art.' 

Please note that only Asian artists have been listed below.
Access level

Onsite

publisher

Creative Time Books (New York, United States), 

The MIT Press (Cambridge, United States)

editor

Nato THOMPSON

Location code
EX.USA.LFS
Language

English

Keyword

performance art,  public art,  community art,  environmental art,  installation,  group exhibition

Publication/Creation date

2012

Edition

1

No of pages

259

ISBN / ISSN

9780262017343

No of copies

1

Content type

catalogue

Chapter headings

Foreword - Anne PASTERNAK

Living as Form - Nato THOMPSON

Participation and Spectacle: Where Are We Now? - Claire BISHOP

Returning on Bikes: Notes on Social Practice - Maria LIND

Democratising Urbanisation and the Search for a New Civic Imagination - Teddy CRUZ

Microutpias: Public Practice in the Public Sphere - Carol BECKER

Eventwork: The Fourfold Matrix for Contemporary Social Movements - Brian HOLMES

Living Takes Many Forms - Shannon JACKSON

Related event

Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011

venue

date

The Historic Essex Street Market, New York, United States

2012
Artist

AI Weiwei, 艾未未, 

CAMP, 

Cemeti Art House (Yogyakarta, Indonesia), 

CyberMohalla, 

Kamin LERTCHAIPRASERT, คามิน เลิศชัยประเสริฐ, 

Long March Project, 

Mel CHIN, 陳貌仁, 

Michihiro SHIMABUKU, 島袋道浩, 

Paul CHAN, 陳佩之, 

Rirkrit TIRAVANIJA, ฤกษ์ฤทธิ์ ตีระวนิช, 

Surasi KUSOLWONG, สุรสีห์ กุศลวงศ์

Organiser

Creative Time (New York, United States), 

Independent Curators International (New York, United States)

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