Irina Aristarkhova is professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is author of Hospitality of the Matrix: Philosophy, Biomedicine, and Culture.

"A thought-provoking and accessible analysis of the ways that contemporary performance and exhibition artists address a theme of great contemporary importance: hospitality. Linking that theme to a cluster of related issues-fear, courtesy and etiquette, the act of waiting, the act of welcoming-Arrested Welcome offers a series of engaging examples of ways that artists can stimulate personal reflection and political engagement without being didactic or preachy."-Susan Merrill Squier, author of Epigenetic Landscapes: Drawings as Metaphor

• ContentsIntroduction: Welcome as Resistance1. Reclaimed Civility: Ana Prvački2. Undoing Waiting: Faith Wilding3. The Man Who Welcomes: Lee Mingwei4. Hosting the Animal: Kathy High5. Welcome Withdrawn: Mithu Sen6. A Leap of Faith: Pippa Bacca and Silvia MoroConclusion. Hospitality Now: Ken AptekarAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

Irina Aristarkhova is professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is author of Hospitality of the Matrix: Philosophy, Biomedicine, and Culture.

"A thought-provoking and accessible analysis of the ways that contemporary performance and exhibition artists address a theme of great contemporary importance: hospitality. Linking that theme to a cluster of related issues-fear, courtesy and etiquette, the act of waiting, the act of welcoming-Arrested Welcome offers a series of engaging examples of ways that artists can stimulate personal reflection and political engagement without being didactic or preachy."-Susan Merrill Squier, author of Epigenetic Landscapes: Drawings as Metaphor

• ContentsIntroduction: Welcome as Resistance1. Reclaimed Civility: Ana Prvački2. Undoing Waiting: Faith Wilding3. The Man Who Welcomes: Lee Mingwei4. Hosting the Animal: Kathy High5. Welcome Withdrawn: Mithu Sen6. A Leap of Faith: Pippa Bacca and Silvia MoroConclusion. Hospitality Now: Ken AptekarAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

Irina Aristarkhova is professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is author of Hospitality of the Matrix: Philosophy, Biomedicine, and Culture.

"A thought-provoking and accessible analysis of the ways that contemporary performance and exhibition artists address a theme of great contemporary importance: hospitality. Linking that theme to a cluster of related issues-fear, courtesy and etiquette, the act of waiting, the act of welcoming-Arrested Welcome offers a series of engaging examples of ways that artists can stimulate personal reflection and political engagement without being didactic or preachy."-Susan Merrill Squier, author of Epigenetic Landscapes: Drawings as Metaphor

• ContentsIntroduction: Welcome as Resistance1. Reclaimed Civility: Ana Prvački2. Undoing Waiting: Faith Wilding3. The Man Who Welcomes: Lee Mingwei4. Hosting the Animal: Kathy High5. Welcome Withdrawn: Mithu Sen6. A Leap of Faith: Pippa Bacca and Silvia MoroConclusion. Hospitality Now: Ken AptekarAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex