'Future Imperfect: Contemporary Art Practices and Cultural Institutions in the Middle East critically examines the role played by cultural institutions in producing present-day and future contexts for the production, dissemination and reception of contemporary art in the Middle East and North Africa. It offers critical contexts for a discussion that has become increasingly urgent in recent years – the role of culture in a time of conflict and globalization – and an in-depth critique of the historical state of cultural institutions in an age of political upheaval, social unrest, exuberant cultural activity, ascendant neoliberal forms of privatization, social activism, and regional uncertainty. What is needed in terms of infrastructure for cultural production today, and how, crucially, can we speculatively propose new infrastructures and institutions in the context of present-day realities?' - from the back cover

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REF.DOA3
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English

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2016

No of pages

430

ISBN / ISSN

9783956792465

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1

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anthology

Future Imperfect : Contemporary Art Practices and Cultural Institutions in the Middle East
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Future Imperfect : Contemporary Art Practices and Cultural Institutions in the Middle East