Activating Democracy
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Activating Democracy

The "I Wish to Say" Project

  1. 222 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

Activating Democracy

The "I Wish to Say" Project

About this book

Driven by a powerful belief in the value of free expression, Sheryl Oring has for more than a decade been helping people across the United States voice concerns about public affairs through her 'I Wish to Say' project. This book uses that project as the starting point for an exploration of a series of issues of public interest being addressed by artists today. It features essays by contributors ranging from art historians and practicing artists to scholars and creators working in literature, political science and architecture. All the contributors offer a different approach, but they share a primary goal of sparking a dialogue not just among makers of art, but among viewers, readers and the concerned public at large. The resulting volume will be an essential resource for politically engaged contemporary artists searching for innovative, cross-disciplinary ways of making and sharing art.
 

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Information

Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781783206711
eBook ISBN
9781783206728
Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Coyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Preface
  8. Taking a Moment to Have a Say
  9. “I WISH TO SAY:” 2004
  10. PART I Ruminations: The Artist’s Perspective
  11. Ruminations: The Artist’s Perspective
  12. The Typewriter: An Ode to Its Smells, Sounds, and Tactile Responses
  13. The Look: Patty and Her Avatars
  14. The Question: The Door to What We Most Want to Know
  15. The Camera: Coming to Terms with Photographing People
  16. The Digital Archive: Maintaining Privacy by Giving It All Away
  17. The Paper, the Game, and the City Park: Places for Things to Happen
  18. The Street: Fleeting Situations and Doings
  19. The City: The Political Equator and the Radicalization of the Local
  20. The Road: Stories From the Navajo Nation
  21. Dissent: American Style
  22. “I WISH TO SAY:” 2008
  23. PART II Frameworks: Scholarly Views
  24. Frameworks: Scholarly Views
  25. Toward a Sociability of Objects
  26. Socially Engaged Art, Photography, and Art History
  27. Activism’s Art: A (Very) Brief History of Social Practice and Artist Books
  28. Free Speech in a Digital Era
  29. Efficacy, Trust, and the Future of Civic Engagement
  30. PART III Conclusion: Listening and the Power of Small Acts
  31. Conclusion: Listening and the Power of Small Acts
  32. Turning Strangers into Neighbors
  33. Let It Linger
  34. Small Acts, Forlorn Practices
  35. PART IV Postscript: An Activist’s Discourse
  36. Postscript: An Activist’s Discourse
  37. Q&A: Sheryl Oring and Svetlana Mintcheva
  38. “I WISH TO SAY:” SEQUELS
  39. “I WISH TO SAY:” Chronology and Credits
  40. Endnotes
  41. Bibliography
  42. About the Contributors
  43. Back Cover