ed. by Maria Hlavajova and Simon Sheikh ; texts by Boris Groys, Okwui Enwezor, Suhail Malik, Nancy Adajania, Achille Mbembe, Nina Power ...[et al.]
- Author(s)
- Boris Groys, Okwui Enwezor, Suhail Malik, Nancy Adajania, Achille Mbembe, Nina Power, ...[et al.]
- Editor(s)
- Maria Hlavajova, Simon Sheikh
- Publication, year
- Utrecht ; Cambridge, Mass. ; London : BAK, basis voor actuele kunst : The MIT Press, 2016
- Scope
- 748 Pages, illustrated, 24.5 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780262533836
Explorations of the “formering” of the West in contemporary art in the post-communist, postcolonial, posthuman, post-ideological, and posthistorical era. The contributions revisit contemporary debates through the lens of a “former West.” They rethink conceptions of time and space dominating the legacy of the 1989–1990 revolutions in the former East, and critique historical periodization of the contemporary. The contributors map the political economy and social relations of the contemporary, consider the implications of algorithmic cultures and the posthuman condition, and discuss notions of solidarity—the difficulty in constructing a new “we” despite migration, the refugee crisis, and the global class recomposition. Can art institute the contemporary it envisions, and live as if it were possible?
- Location
- Cabinet 29 - 3: Expanded Space ; Global Art ; Algemeen
- Remarks
- Incl. Biographies, bibliographical references and Index
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