Artistic Activism and Agonistic Spaces by Chantal Mouffe
Can artistic practices still play a critical role in a society where the difference between art and advertizing have become blurred and where artists and cultural workers have become a necessary part of capitalist production? Scrutinizing the ‘new spirit of capitalism’ Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello1 have shown how the demands for autonomy of the [...]
Archiphoenix by Stealth: 6 publications on line
ARCHIPHOENIX – Faculties for Architecture has turned the Dutch Pavilion, at Venice Architecture Biennale 2008, into a weeklong stage for research and exploration and a debate platform focussing on the capacities and capabilities of architecture – beyond building. Triggered by the fire that devastated the Faculty of Architecture in Delft, the project aim was to [...]
For a minor art: resonances between art, clinical practice and madness nowadays by Elisabeth Lima
Introduction
In the day-to-day of occupational therapy practice constructed in the interface of the art universe, we frequently face with aesthetic experimentations that associate paint, clay, a camera, sound and movement to extreme experiences, to certain extent, rejected by culture.
They are artworks or events that in privileged moments can cross the frontier that separates them from [...]