Art as Social Practice
Art as Social Practice
A Critical Investigation of Works by Kenneth A. Balfelt
ed. by Matthias Hvass Borello ; with contr. by Barbara Steiner, Brett Bloom, Matthias Hvass Borello and Daniel Tucker

Author(s)
Barbara Steiner, Brett Bloom, Matthias Hvass Borello, Daniel Tucker
Editor(s)
Matthias Hvass Borello
Publication, year
Berlin : Revolver Publishing, 2015
Scope
230 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.
ISBN
9783957632760

This book looks at a number of vigorously debated collaborative projects undertaken over the past twelve years in and outside Denmark by artist Kenneth A. Balfelt. It contains both introductions to five projects, interviews with the people involved in the projects and finally four essays trying to reflect on the impact of these kinds of artworks. As in many other social art practices Balfelt frequently works with a highly-defined and often marginalised group. We will therefore meet people involved directly or indirectly in the projects – also those who are not normally heard in the field of art criticism or not normally encountered by the public – in our effort to vitalize and qualify the critical language on social practices as a part of the contemporary art field.