What We Want Is Free

Critical Exchanges in Recent Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Explores how contemporary artists use gifts, barter, and other forms of nonmonetary exchange as a means and medium of artistic production.This revised edition of What We Want Is Free examines a twenty-year history of artistic productions that both model and occupy the various forms of exchange within contemporary society. From shops, gifts, and dinner parties to contract labor and petty theft, contemporary artists have used a variety of methods that both connect participants to tangible goods and services and, at the same time, offer critiques of and alternatives to global capitalism and other forms of social interaction. Examples of these various projects include the creation of free commuter bus lines and medicinal plant gardens, the distribution of such services as free housework or computer programming, and the production of community media projects such as free commuter newspapers and democratic low-wattage radio stations.Like the first edition, the second edition includes a detailed survey of artists' projects from around the globe, as well as critical essays and artists' texts that explore the underlying social history and contemporary issues that further inform our reading of these works. This new edition also features a new introduction and additional chapters on the relation of exchange practices to democracy, the commons, object-oriented philosophy, and an examination of the impact of ongoing globalization on the economics of artists' projects. It also features a significantly expanded scope for the project histories, including work from the past decade and a new section dedicated to artist-initiated organizations and innovative models for new institutions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-07-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:562 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:318
Upplaga:2
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9781438453132

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Mer om författaren

Ted Purves is Associate Professor of Social Practice and Chair of the Graduate Program in Fine Arts at California College of the Arts. Shane Aslan Selzer is an artist, writer, and producer, who teaches at Parsons The New School for Design.

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Praise for the First Edition"If you are an artist, read this book. No matter how you define and structure your practice, the essays within What We Want Is Free will lead you to consider important questions about how you work and what kind of life a project can lead." — Nailed Magazine

Innehållsförteckning

Candies in Endless Supply: From Generosity to Critical ExchangeTed PurvesNo Longer Normal: The Landscape of Critical ExchangeTed Purves and Shane Aslan SelzerI. From Markets to Lobbies: Consideration of Objects, Exchanges, and Value Sure, everyone might be an artist… but only one artist gets to be the guy who says that everyone else is an artistBill ArningExchange—The "Other" Social SculptureFrancis McIlveenLunch Hour: Art, Community, Administrated Space and Unproductive ActivityKate Fowle and Lars Bang LarsenBlows Against the EmpireTed PurvesHow Do You Pin a Wave Upon the Sand?: An Interview with Cesare PietroiustiShane Aslan SelzerThe Object of ExchangeMatthew RanaHow Free is Free? Property, Markets, and the Aestheics(s) of the Common(s)Ignacio ValeroII. The Handbook for Critical Exchanges in Recent Art Part One: Artists’ Projects Introductory RemarksTed Purves Project HistoriesEdited by Ted Purves and Shane Aslan Selzer, with Jacob WickPart Two: Structures and Institutions Introductory RemarksShane Aslan SelzerOverviews of Institutions and StructuresEdited by Ted Purves and Shane Aslan Selzer, with Jacob WickPart Three: Coda, or what remains Thing—City—Story: Trajectories of Urban EphermeraElyse MalloukIII. Actors and Audiences: Generosity and Social Aesthetics in Praxis The Arts, Generosity, and PoliticsPeter Coyote Four ProjectsJörgen SvenssonReciprocal GenerosityMary Jane JacobA GivenBen KinmontA Call for SocialityJeanne van HeeswijkContributorsIndex