"The past decade has seen an explosion in the hybrid practice of 'artistic activism,' as artists have turned toward activism to make their work more socially impactful and activists have adopted techniques and perspectives from the arts to make their interventions more creative. Yet questions haunt the practice: Does artistic activism work aesthetically? Does it work politically? And what does 'working' even mean when one combines art and activism? In ¥ffect, author Stephen Duncombe sets out to address these questions at the heart of the field of artistic activism"
"The past decade has seen an explosion in the hybrid practice of 'artistic activism,' as artists have turned toward activism to make their work more socially impactful and activists have adopted techniques and perspectives from the arts to make their interventions more creative. Yet questions haunt the practice: Does artistic activism work aesthetically? Does it work politically? And what does 'working' even mean when one combines art and activism? In ¥ffect, author Stephen Duncombe sets out to address these questions at the heart of the field of artistic activism"Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Stephen Duncombe is Professor of Media and Culture at New York University and author and editor of nine books and numerous articles on the intersection of culture and politics. These include Dream: Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy (New Press, 2007; O/R Books, 2019), the Cultural Resistance Reader (Verso, 2002), and, with Steve Lambert, The Art of Activism (O/R Books, 2021). He is the creator of the Open Utopia, an open-access, open-source, web-based edition of Thomas More's Utopia, and co-creator of Actipedia.org, a user-generated digital database of artistic activism case studies. A life-long activist, Duncombe is the co-founder and Research Director of the Center for Artistic Activism, a research and training organization that helps activists create more like artists and artists strategize more like activists.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: What Is Æffect? 1 1. How Artistic Activism Works 23 2. What Artistic Activism Does 69 3. Does Artistic Activism Work? 105 4. Assessing Æffect 149 Conclusion: Formulas and Rainbows 193 Acknowledgments 201 Appendix A: Æffect Assessment Script 203 Appendix B: Æffect Measurement Tools 209 Appendix Æ: Affect and Effect 213 Notes 221 Index 239
