Beatriz da Costa : (un)disciplinary tactics

Book

Beatriz da Costa : (un)disciplinary tactics / edited by Daniela Leija Quintanar.

Da Costa, Beatriz, (artist.). Lieja Quintanar, Daniela, (editor,, curator.). Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, (host institution.). Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Gallery), (organizing body,, publisher.). PST ART: Art & Science Collide (Project) (Added Author).

Summary:

"Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics is the most comprehensive documentation and analysis to date of late artist Beatriz da Costa's (1974-2012) groundbreaking work. As a retrospective of a brilliant young artist, it renders a social portrait of her artistic practice by both contextualizing the work in its historical period (late 1990s to early 2010s) and extending the work's socio-political concerns to the present. The book, edited by Daniela Lieja Quintanar, features a collection of essays by curators, artists, and researchers from a variety of fields, including technoscience, tactical media, cancer research, environmental justice, performance art, and participatory art. It also includes a group of reflections written by former collaborators and close friends. Beginning with da Costa's early projects in the late 1990s as a student in the arts and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, the book surveys her collaborative work with collectives Critical Art Ensemble and Preemptive Media, as well as her research-based and large-scale installations made in the early 2000s. The publication is a faithful record of da Costa's entire oeuvre, including information about artworks she left incomplete due to financial, health, or time limitations. Additionally, the book includes da Costa's own critical writing on art and politics, as well as self-authored descriptions of her own work and an unflinching interview with cancer researcher Robert Schneider, who was a fundamental figure for da Costa at the end of her young life."--Publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 0262549484
ISBN: 9780262549486
Physical Description: 261 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Los Angeles, California : Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) ; [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

General Note:: Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, September 7, 2024-January 5, 2025.

"Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics is among more than 50 exhibitions and programs presented as part of Pacific Standard Time"--Colophon.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (page 261)