On Withdrawal-Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices

Rebecca Hanna John

ISBN 10: 3035805067 / ISBN 13: 9783035805062

Edité par Diaphanes Jul 2023, 2023

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Neuware - What forms does withdrawal-meaning either that which withdraws itself or which is being withdrawn-take in artistic and cultural practices What movement(s) does it create or follow in specific contexts, and with what theoretical, material, and political consequences The contributors of this book address these questions in a variety of writing practices, each focusing on specific scenes. These scenes are organized under three parts that structure the chapters: Passivity, Failure, and Refusal; Disappearance and Remembrance; Resilience and Resistance. Through interviews, artistic and literary texts, visual contributions, and academic texts, the authors explore various modalities of withdrawal ranging from a silencing of critical voices to a political and aesthetic strategy of refusal. The enforced disappearance of government opponents, for instance, may be implemented as a means of state violence, but withdrawing may also mean the decision not to participate in such violence, either through forms of passivity or refusal. Moreover, in the neoliberal logic of resilience, the relationship between subjective agency and imposition from the outside remains tense. The aim of this book is to tackle these tensions, as well as the ambiguities and complexities of withdrawal.

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• Titre: On Withdrawal-Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices
• Éditeur: Diaphanes Jul 2023
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3035805067
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783035805062
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 190 L x 120 H x 15 P (en millimètres) 190 millimètres de largeur par 120 millimètres de hauteur par 15 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 380 grammes

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Synopsis

A multidisciplinary examination of the forms taken by withdrawal.

What forms does withdrawal--meaning either that which withdraws itself or which is being withdrawn--take in artistic and cultural practices? What movements does it create or follow in specific contexts, and with what theoretical, material, and political consequences? The contributors to this book address these questions in a variety of writing practices, each focusing on specific scenes.

Through interviews, artistic and literary texts, visual contributions, and academic texts, On Withdrawal explores various modalities of withdrawal, ranging from a silencing of critical voices to a political and aesthetic strategy of refusal.

Contributors: Arnika Ahldag, Sofia Bempeza, Lauren Berlant, Kathrin Busch, Helen Cammock, Knut Ebeling, Sebastián Eduardo Dávila, Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz, Stefanie Graefe, Rebecca Hanna John, Ulrike Jordan, Pinar Ögrenci, Pallavi Paul, Thorsten Schneider, Judith Sieber, Diana Taylor, Deniz Utlu, Marivi Véliz, Nele Wulff, and Akram Zaatari

À propos de l'auteur

Sebastián Eduardo Dávila forms part of the graduate program "Cultures of Critique" at Leuphana University Lüneburg, of which all the editors of this volume are or have been members. He is part of the collective VOCES de Guatemala en Berlín. Rebecca Hanna John is an art historian and author. Ulrike Jordan is an art historian and cultural producer. Thorsten Schneider is an author and art historian. Judith Sieber lives and works in Berlin. Nele Wulff is an arts scholar and cultural producer and is pursuing her PhD in the DFG graduate program "Cultures of Critique" at Leuphana University Lüneburg.