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Delirium and Resistance: Activist Art and the Crisis of Capitalism

Artist/Author: Gregory Sholette | Reference: P3217 | ISBN: 978-0745336848 | Type: Publication

In this follow-up to his influential 2010 book, Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture, Sholette engages in critical dialogue with artists’ collectives, counter-institutions, and activist groups to offer an insightful, firsthand account of the relationship between politics and art in neoliberal society.

The Concrete Body: Yvonne Rainer, Carolee Schneemann, Vito Acconci

Artist/Author: Elise Archias | Reference: P3174 | ISBN: 978-0300217971 | Type: Publication

Offering an incisive rejoinder to traditional histories of modernism and postmodernism, this book examines the 1960s performance work of three New York artists who adapted modernist approaches to form for the medium of the human body.

Miranda July’s Intermedial Art: The Creative Class Between Self-Help and Individualism

Artist/Author: Antje Czudaj | Reference: P2998 | ISBN: 978-3837633696 | Type: Publication

The first in-depth study of July’s work provides fascinating insights into the lifestyle of the contemporary white Californian middle class.

Mis-appropriation and re-appropriation: An interview with Oreet Ashery

Artist/Author: Eirini Kartsaki | Reference: A0616 | Type: Article

The present interview is a discussion about Oreet Ashery’s diverse body of work with a focus on the most recent work Party for Freedom. It offers a clear trajectory of the artist’s early stages of work till the present and gives an account of certain creative strategies that Ashery has developed through her practice.

Meta-theatrical magic

Artist/Author: Caroline Wake | Reference: A0596 | Type: Article

Review of Back to Back Theatre’s “Ganesh versus the Third Reich”.

Uncreative Writing

Artist/Author: Kenneth Goldsmith | Reference: P2134 | ISBN: 978-0-231-14991-4 | Type: Publication

Can techniques traditionally thought to be outside the scope of literature, such as cutting and pasting, databasing, identity ciphering, and programming, inspire the reinvention of writing? As Goldsmith shows, the Internet and digital environment present writers with new opportunities to rethink creativity, authorship, and their relationship to language.

File de Peixe

Artist/Author: Piratao File de Peixe | Reference: D1841 | Type: DVD

Portuguese with English subtitles

Hamlet: (A Portrait)

Artist/Author: Robin Deacon, Stuart Sherman | Reference: D1520 | Type: DVD

Followed by post-show discussuion.

Showreel 2008

Artist/Author: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard | Reference: D0999 | Type: DVD

Excerpts from eight projects: Walking After Acconci (Redirected Approaches) 2005, Kiss My Nauman 2007, Walk With Nauman (Re-Performance Corridor) 2006, Re-Learning Piece 2008, Silent Sound 2006, Precious Little Series 2001-2007, File under Sacred Music 2003, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds music video 2007-2009.

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