Dangerous Moves: Performance and Politics in Cuba - Couverture rigide

Fusco, Coco

 
9781849763264: Dangerous Moves: Performance and Politics in Cuba
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1849763267 ISBN 13 : 9781849763264
Editeur : Tate Publishing(UK), 2015

Synopsis

The society, politics and future of Cuba are high on the world's agenda in the 21st century. Exploring performance and politics in the post-revolutionary state, Dangerous Moves presents a fascinating survey of contemporary life and culture in Cuba through some of its most daring and experimental artists. Coco Fusco analyses the ways in which the regime has wielded influence over artists in recent times, showing how - in a context in which overt political speech is subject to censorship - the language of performance has emerged as the favoured means of social commentary. Focusing on a range of performative practices in visual art, music, poetry and political activism, Fusco examines the relationship between the abject body in performance and the greater body politic of a state officially defined as revolutionary yet seeking to limit and constrain dissent. A major new piece of scholarship from a global artist, writer and thinker, this is a key addition to the canon of contemporary art writing, and will be essential reading for students and scholars as well as those with a broader interest in politics, power and contemporary art.

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À propos de l?auteur

Coco Fusco is is a writer and artist who has performed, lectured, exhibited and curated around the world since 1988. She is currently Distinguished Chair in the Visual Arts at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo. She was the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2013 Fulbright Fellowship. She lives and works in New York.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The society, politics and future of Cuba are high on the world's agenda in the 21st century. Exploring performance and politics in the post-revolutionary state, Dangerous Moves presents a fascinating survey of contemporary life and culture in Cuba through some of its most daring and experimental artists. Coco Fusco analyses the ways in which the regime has wielded influence over artists in recent times, showing how - in a context in which overt political speech is subject to censorship - the language of performance has emerged as the favoured means of social commentary. Focusing on a range of performative practices in visual art, music, poetry and political activism, Fusco examines the relationship between the abject body in performance and the greater body politic of a state officially defined as revolutionary yet seeking to limit and constrain dissent. A major new piece of scholarship from a global artist, writer and thinker, this is a key addition to the canon of contemporary art writing, and will be essential reading for students and scholars as well as those with a broader interest in politics, power and contemporary art.

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Éditeur
Tate Publishing(UK)
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1849763267
ISBN 13 
9781849763264
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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