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This book examines how renewed forms of artistic activism were developed in the wake of the neoliberal repression since the 1980s. The volume shows the diverse ways in which artists have sought to confront systemic crises around the globe, searching for new and enduring forms of building communities and reimagining the political horizon. The authors engage in a dialogue with these artistic efforts and their histories – in particular the earlier artistic activism that was developed during the civil rights era in the 1960s and 70s – providing valuable historical insight and new conceptual reflection on the future of aesthetic resilience. This book will be of interest to scholars in contemporary art, history of art, film and literary studies, protest movements, and social movements.

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Author:   Eliza Steinbock (Leiden University) ,  Bram Ieven (Leiden University) ,  Marijke de Valck (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367559175

ISBN 10:   036755917
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   31 January 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Taking Aesthetics from Resistance to Resilience Bram Ieven, Eliza Steinbock, and Marijke de Valck Part 1. Resilience: Searching for New Weapons While Fleeing 1. Resilience Thinking, Storytelling and Aesthetic Resilience Marijke de Valck 2. But does it Work in Theory? Androcentric Blind Spots and Omissions Hilary Robinson 3. Learning from Documenta: Aesthetic Resilience and the Politics of Institutionalized Art Bram Ieven 4. Blackout: The Necropolitics of Extraction T.J. Demos 5. Movement of Movements: Resilient Strategies in the ‘Global South’ Kitty Zijlmans Part 2. Global Conjunctions of Aesthetic Resilience 6. Of Tricksters and Zombies: Re-imagining Outsideness in Contemporary Russian Activist Art Ksenia Robbe 7. An Alloy Made from Art and Activism, in North Macedonia Jon Blackwood 8. Drones and Streets: On the Image Composition of the Tahrir and Gezi Occupations Begüm Özden Fırat 9. The Resilient City: When Social Activism meets Media Arts in Hong Kong Isaac Leung 10. Art-activism in Decolonising a South African University Space Zethu Matebeni Part 3. Artistic Practices of Embodied Resilience 11. Feminist and Anti-Racist Graffiti: Disrupting Public Space in the 1970s in Britain Na`ama Klorman-Eraqi 12. The Black Radical: Fungibility, Activism, and Portraiture in These Times Syrus Marcus Ware 13. Practicing Aesthetic Resilience through Collaboration Keri Watson 14. Embodied Narratives: Art, Corporeality, and Creative Processes Ana Cristina Bohrer Gilbert

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Eliza Steinbock is Assistant Professor of Cultural Analysis at Leiden University’s Centre for the Arts in Society. Bram Ieven is Assistant Professor in Modern Dutch Literature and Culture at Leiden University’s Centre for Arts in Society. Marijke de Valck is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Utrecht University.

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