Art as social practice : technologies for change

burrough, xtine, (editor.). Walgren, Judy, (editor.).

Summary: "With a focus on socially engaged art practices in the twenty-first century, this book explores how artists use their creative practices to raise consciousness, form communities, create change, and bring forth social impact through new technologies and digital practices. Suzanne Lacy's Foreword and section introduction authors Anne Balsamo, Harrell Fletcher, Natalie Loveless, Karen Moss, and Stephanie Rothenberg present twenty-five in-depth case studies by established and emerging contemporary artists including Kim Abeles, Christopher Blay, Joseph DeLappe, Mary Beth Heffernan, Chris Johnson, Rebekah Modrak, Praba Pilar, Tabita Rezaire, Sylvain Souklaye, and collaborators Victoria Vesna and Siddharth Ramakrishnan. Artists offer first-hand insight into how they activate methods used in socially engaged art projects from the twentieth century and incorporated new technologies to create twenty-first century, socially engaged, digital art practices. Works highlighted in this book span collaborative image-making, immersive experiences, telematic art, time machines, artificial intelligence, and physical computing. These reflective case studies reveal how the artists collaborate with participants and communities, and have found ways to expand, transform, reimagine and create new platforms for meaningful exchange in both physical and virtual spaces. An invaluable resource for students and scholars of art, technology and new media, as well as artists interested in exploring these intersections"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780367758462
ISBN: 0367758466
ISBN: 9780367769543
ISBN: 1000546101
ISBN: 9781000546101
ISBN: 1000546144
ISBN: 9781000546149
ISBN: 1003169104
ISBN: 9781003169109
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations
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Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword: The Medium is Not the (Only) Message...Suzanne LacyIntroductionA conversation between xtine Burrough and Judy WalgrenSection I: Seeds & ToolsIntroduction by Natalie Loveless1. Modest in Nature, We are All Lichen and other Lessons Learned with Carbon Sponge Brooke Singer2. Pandemic Makeover: Reimagining Place & Community in a Time of Collapse Beverly Naidus 3. Bio-Digital Pathways: Mushrooming Knowledge, Expanding CommunityLucy HG Solomon and Cesar Baio (Cesar & Lois) 4. Valises for Camp Ground: Arts, Corrections and Fire Management in the Santa Monica Mountains Kim Abeles 5. Cultivating Techno-Tamaladas Praba PilarSection II: Windows & Mirrors Introduction by Harrell Fletcher 6. A Human Atlas: Immersive Storytelling for the Twenty-first Century Charissa Terranova in conversation with Human Atlas founder Marcus Lyon7. Borderland Collective: In Practice and Dialogue A conversation between Jason Reed and Mark Menjivar8. We Are Worth Everything: Survivors As Themselves Judy Walgren9. An Interview with Ari Melenciano xtine burrough and Judy Walgren10. Making Politics: Engaged Social Tactics A conversation between Joseph DeLappe and Laura Leuzzi11. Social Practice Artworks Chris JohnsonCenterpieceDecolonial Healing: In Defense of Spiritual TechnologiesTabita RezaireSection III: Magical Machines Introduction by Anne Balsamo 12. Space and Time: Science Fiction as an Imaginative Catalyst for Social Change Christopher Blay 13. Witch-Plant-Machine: Speculative Histories and Planetary Justice Margaretha Haughwout14. Cybernetic Loops and Fermented Technologies of Participatory Poetry: Reflections on the Kimchi Poetry Machine Margaret Rhee15. Impossible Spaces and Other Embodiments: Co-constructing Virtual Realities Dalida Mara̕ Benfield, Christopher Bratton, Evelyn Eastmond, M Eifler, and Gabriel Pereira 16. One Breath Poem: A Telematic Revolution xtine burrough, Sabrina Starnaman, Letc̕ia Ferreira, Fiona Haborak, and Cynthia O'Neill for LabSynthESection IV: ExpansionsIntroduction by Stephanie Rothenberg17. Community Building Through Collaboration Sarah Ruth Alexander18. Online Intimacies and Artful Life in Turtle Disco Zoomshells Petra Kuppers19. Community Accessible Archives; What You Leave, When You Leave Gemma-Rose Turnbull20. living liveness Sylvain Souklaye21. Being in Between: Challenges of Art Science Collaborations Victoria Vesna and Siddharth RamakrishnanSection V: Reimagination Introduction by Karen Moss22. PPE Portrait Project: Image, Ethics, Health Mary Beth Heffernan23. Can This Be a Community When You're Trying To Sell Me A Luxury Watch?Rebekah Modrak24. Justice and Representation Within the Limits of Contemporary Photography Eliza Gregory25. Technology of Touch: How Craft Can Lead to Social Change Cara Levine.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 17, 2022)