Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship

Notes

The first historical and theoretical overview of socially engaged participatory art, known in the US as ‘social practice’. Follows the trajectory of twentieth-century art and examines key moments in the development of a participatory aesthetic.

Artist / Author Claire Bishop
Publisher Verso
ISBN 978-1-84467-690-3
Reference P2127
Date 2012
Type Publication

Keywords

Argentina Artists Placement Group audience community arts Dada Eastern Europe everyday futurism happenings installation Paris participation site specific Situationist International socially engaged

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