'"Every kind of change belongs to a form of community art," states the Italian philosopher Antonio Negri. This is the inverse of the premise that community art can be an integral component of desired social changes. Negri confronts community art, its supporters and critics with a challenging responsibility, and extends this to include everyone who wants to bring about change in social, political, economic, technological or ecological arenas. Communal and artistic thinking go hand in hand. In Community Art, visual and performing artists and theorists employ diverse modes of thinking and writing to explore the practices and concepts of the phenomenon of community art in western and non-western societies. The book does not offer a cut-and-dried theoretical model, but presents a new critical reformulation of community art in society.' (Back Cover)
Includes index and author biographies.
Includes index and author biographies.
Access level
Onsite
publisher
Location code
REF.GIP
Language
English
Keyword
art theory,  community art
Publication/Creation date
2011
No of pages
373
ISBN / ISSN
9789078088509
No of copies
1
Content type
anthology
Chapter headings
Introduction - Between the Individual and the Common - Paul DE BRUYNE, Pascal GIELEN
Part I - Definitions
Mapping Community Art - Pascal GIELEN
Community Art as a Contested Artistic Practice - The Case of MET-X, Brussels - Paul DE BRUYNE
Community Art is What We Say and Write It Is - An De bisschop
Through Zina's Eyes - Community Artists as Artistic Professionals - Hans Van MAANEN, Quirijn Lennert van den HOOGEN
Part II - The Artist's Voice
The Vernissage by the MartHa!tentatief - A Play about Untameable Life at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century - Bart Van NUFFELEN
Alakondre - A Journey to the Invisible - Alida NESLO
The Advantage of Elephants - Building a Community of Artists One Trunk at a Time - Lionel POPKIN
Portrait of the Activist-Artist as an Ageing Artist-Activist - Ricky SEABRA
The Kids of Mitrovica - Bertus BORGERS
Part III - Rethinking Basic Concepts
Art and Common - A Conversation with Antonio Negri - Pascal GIELEN, Sonja LAVAERT
Revolution from Within: A Grandson of Government Changes Chinese Art Policy - An Interview with Zhang Changcheng - Alison M FRIEDMAN
'We're in a Cage, but It's a Very Big Cage' - An Interview with Richard Schechner and Carol Martin - Klaas TINDEMANS, Karel VANHAESEBROUCK
Part IV - Public Sphere and Activism
From Community Art to Communal Art - Paul DE BRUYNE
Chief Robert Duncan's Transformation Mask - The Native Carvers of Alert Bay - Hein SCHOER
Michelangelo Pistoletto and the People of Corniglia - 'We've Come a Long Way Together' - Luigi COPPOLA
About the Political Potential of Contemporary Art - Jonas STAAL
Ruangrupa - Experimental Video Workshops and Activism in Indonesia - Miguel Escobar VARELA
Out of Orders: Cirkus Cirkör - An Interview with Tilde Björfors
Epilogue
Jan Fabre - The Revolution in My Own Flesh - Luk Van den DRIES
Community Art: The Politics of Trespassing

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