Truth is Concrete A Handbook for Artistic Strategies in Real Politics
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This publication charts very different tactics and strategies, written by practitioners from all over the world, mapping the broad field of engaged art and artistic activism in our times. Essays by Stephen Duncombe & Steve Lambert, Alanna Lockward, Florian Malzacher, Chantal Mouffe, Gerald Raunig and Jonas Staal.
| Editor | steirischer herbst & Florian Malzacher |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sternberg Press |
| ISBN | 978-3-943365-84-9 |
| Reference | P2651 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Type | Publication |
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