Over the past decade, the European Union has fallen into a drawn-out political and economic crisis. In No Culture, No Europe, the contributors argue that prior analyses of this crisis have missed an important element: culture. Faith in politics, like... Zobraziť viac
Rooted in the visual arts, this book gathers a multitude of voices on the theme of motherhood. Though central to the core of all life, the topic of motherhood has long been relegated to the private domain. Within the art world, depictions of motherhood... Zobraziť viac
Over the last few decades, the term "bootlegging"—a practice once relegated to smugglers and copyright infringers—has become understood as a creative act. Debates about homage, appropriation and theft, already common in the art world, are now being... Zobraziť viac
The scarcity of resources, climate change, and the digitalization of everyday life are fuelling the economy of swapping, sharing, and lending—all of which are in some way linked to a culture of commoning... Zobraziť viac
Case studies at the intersection of art history and queer politics—from landmark exhibitions both institutional and underground to museum policies and art activism.This anthology gathers case studies from the history of queer art exhibitions and their... Zobraziť viac
From a major figure in feminist cultural theory, a deep abecedarian reflection on a lifetime of art and analysis. Dutch theorist and video artist Mieke Bal is well known for her specific ways of "deep reading" works by artists such as Caravaggio,... Zobraziť viac
A guidebook for artists and those aspiring to be artists... Zobraziť viac
Essays, manifestos and more on the ecological complexities and contradictions of the art industry. Through essays, interviews, poetry, manifestos, choreographic prompts, speculative fiction and case studies at the intersection of art and activism,... Zobraziť viac
Is art criticism losing ground to the Internet and its rapidly proliferating art blogs? Do people still consider the art critics employed by newspapers and magazines the most important arbitrators of what is worth seeing and reading?... Zobraziť viac
Organized as an inventive abecedarium, On the Necessity of Gardening tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries, artists, writers, poets and thinkers from Capability Brown to Derek Jarman have each described,... Zobraziť viac
How do we break a culture of mistrust while suspicion of fellow humans, governments and capitalist enterprise seems to keep growing? Feelings of powerlessness are often cited as the main cause. We look for remedies in rules, contracts, assurances and... Zobraziť viac
On design’s complicity in systems of oppression: critique and exit strategies from the author of The Politics of Design... Zobraziť viac
A selection of queer-feminist manifestos from the last century showcasing the many forms the medium can take. Published with PLURAL Series and Girls Like Us Magazine. This volume is a thematically ordered, inconclusive collection of queer, feminist and... Zobraziť viac
An archive is a site of collective memory, a collection of documents and records that is preserved for historical purposes. But the stability and permanence of the traditional archive has been reconfigured by digital archives, which are "living,"... Zobraziť viac
A selected history of socially committed design strategies within the Western tradition, from the past 150 years... Zobraziť viac
Following Slow Reader: A Resource for Design Thinking and Practice and Slow Spatial Reader: Chronicles of Radical Affection, Slow Technology Reader gathers contributions from diverse disciplinary fields and knowledge traditions to consider technology... Zobraziť viac
Twelve lessons in fungal activism, Indigenous knowledge and collaboration for artists, gardeners, educators and anyone intrigued by the fascinating life and inspiring metaphors of the mycelium and the mushroom... Zobraziť viac
International scholars and artists show how feminist art and activism can intervene in social processes. The term "artivism" seems to have become a catchword for any woman's empowerment through the arts. This volume aims to critically dissect this... Zobraziť viac
While discussions about installation art or other three-dimensional art forms are widespread, the discourse on sculpture seems to be stuck in historical or thematic frameworks. Drawing from literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis and architecture,... Zobraziť viac
Discussions about the state of arts education often focus on the experiences, emotions and technical skills of artists, rather than the critical function of the arts in society, stages of cognitive development or evidence-based research into arts... Zobraziť viac
