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Arfara, Katia

 
9780472057795: Curating the Commons: Socially Engaged Public Art
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0472057790 ISBN 13 : 9780472057795
Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2025

Synopsis

2026 Association for Theatre in Higher Education Outstanding Book Award Finalist Since the 2008 financial crisis and Occupy movements around the globe, artists have increasingly turned to socially engaged public art to create new models of artistic production and community engagement. Curating the Commons examines this turn through an in-depth study of performance-centered public art presented in Athens and Piraeus, Greece, during the austerity years. Extending from Henri Lefebvre’s theory of social space, Arfara examines art and social engagement in relation to the commons and self-organized solidarity initiatives, including performance, photography, film, and sculptures that appeared in unexpected urban spaces to complicate notions of memory, mobility, and belonging. These works all ask the question: Who has the right to the city? Combining her scholarly and curatorial work, Arfara advocates for performance-centered public art that resists processes of exclusion and segregation, reclaiming public space as a commons. By sharing critical insights, Arfara immerses the reader in the working processes of artists and collectives, showing how public art can address ecosocial concerns in aesthetic forms. Curating the Commons offers a grounded perspective on the making of cutting-edge, socially engaged public artworks and contributes to the larger effort to craft more-than-human narratives in response to global events.

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À propos de l'auteur

Katia Arfarais Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at New York University Abu Dhabi and independent curator.

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Éditeur
The University of Michigan Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0472057790
ISBN 13 
9780472057795
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
356
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Personne responsable
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