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Art and solidarity reader : radical actions, politics and friendships / edited by Katya García-Antón.

García-Antón, Katya, (editor.). Kunstnernes hus (Oslo, Norway), (host institution.).

Summary:

Solidarity has re-entered the global zeitgeist with resounding force in the last decade, driving new thinking to counter the systemic failures and abuses of our society. The Art and Solidarity Reader considers the agency artists, collectives, and art institutions have in building the radical visions of care and solidarity needed to transform the conditions of our collective existence. Presenting new and historical material, the Reader narrates various micro-histories of artistic solidarity globally from the 1970s to today, in relation to the multiple crises of migration, neo-colonialism, rising radicalization, inter-religious conflicts, class divisions, new technology, heteronormativity, and the environment. It emphasizes the centrality of artist-led empathy and personal connectivity in building networks of solidarity and concrete actions that generate profound transformation in society. Whilst addressing the relevance of the Non-Aligned Movement of the Cold War in generating new forms of artistic solidarity globally, the Reader points towards its successors and, significantly, centers Indigenous perspectives rarely considered when discussing the history of artistic solidarity.

Record details

ISBN: 9789493246027
ISBN: 9493246027
Physical Description: 376 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
Publisher: [Oslo, Norway] : Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) ; [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	Catalog of an exhibition held at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, January 20-March 21, 2021.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: 1. Political Imaginaries. The Past and Future of Museological and Organisational Solidarities -- Soledad Garcia Saavedra The Solidarity Community of the Museo Internacional de la Resistencia Salvador Allende in the Swedish and Finnish Collections -- Salvador Allende A Los Artistas del Mundo (1972) / Salvador Allende -- Speech at the Inauguration of the Museo de la Solidaridad (Museum of Solidarity), 1972 / Mario Pedrosa -- Speech at the Inauguration of the Museo de la Solidaridad (Museum of Solidarity), 1972 / Naeem Mohaiemen -- Todos escriben al coronet / Eszter Szakacs -- `Ali' in Jordan. Palestine Solidarity in Film -- Naeem Mohaiemen and Eszter Szakacs Traces / Kwanele Sosibo -- Reproducing Festac '77. A Secret Among a Family of Millions -- Selected texts from IKON-Creativity and Change Second Series # 5/6. A Special Double Issue: Art Against Apartheid - Works for Freedom, 1986 / Alice Walker -- People Do Not Despair. An Introduction to Art Against Apartheid (1986) / Audre Lorde -- Apartheid U.S.A (1986) and Sisters in Arms (1986) / Beth Brant -- Mohawk Trail (1985) and For All My Grandmothers (1985) / Barbara Masekela -- Interview Conducted by James Cason and Michael Fleshman (1985) / Ali Hussein -- Al-Adawy and Lara Khaldi. A Conversation. Solidarity and the Non-Exhibitable -- Farid Rakun / Ruangrupa Based on True Stories. Harvests from Jatiwangi art Factory and INLAND / Laura Raicovich -- Undoing and Redoing Cultural Space -- 2. World-Building Solidarities. Friendships and Reciprocities -- Toufoul Abou-Hodeib The Travelling Scarf and Other Stories. Art Networks, Politics, and Friendships Between Palestine and Norway / Gavin Jantjes -- Art Contre Apartheid. The Power to Make the Local Global / Yasnaya Elena Aguilar Gil -- Making a Territory of Collaboration Possible. Art, Solidarity and Indigenous Peoples / Wendy Carrig -- Visual Essay -- Facsimiles from the Greenham Common Peace Camp -- Fire Dragon Feast for the Future (1983) -- Map of Greenham Common Peace Camp (1984) -- Greenham Factor (1984) -- 3. Collectivity. The Everyday of Solidarity -- Geeta Kapur Artists Alert (1989) -- Devika Singh and Ram Rahman. A Conversation -- Revisiting the History of Sahmat / Aban Raza -- Sahmat. A Making of Resistance / Reem Abbas -- Smuggling Books into Sudan. A Brief History from 2012 to 2016 / Olivier Marboeuf -- Dirty Faces. A Scene Without a Wei I-Known Face -- 4. Situatedness. Radical Accomplices, Indigenous Epistemologies and New Technologies of Solidarity -- Contributions from the Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Latin America (LAG) / Dulce Celina Ureria Hernandez -- Statement (2020) / Eva Maria Fjellheim -- Excerpts from `Solidarity without Borders' (2018) / Ixchel Leon -- Statement (2017) / Emory Douglas -- Zapantera Negra. An Artistic Encounter Between the Zapatistas and the Black Panthers (2012) / Irene Soria Guzman -- Probably Everybody. Notes Towards Technology for Situated Solidarity Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea Manning, illustrated / Shoili Kanungo -- Suppressed Images (2017).
Language Note:	Parallel texts in English and French, and English and Spanish.