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Jun 22, 2014 Jacob Wren rated information technology information technology was amazing

Miwon Kwon writes:

It occurred to me some fourth dimension ago that for many of my art and academic friends, the success and viability of one's work are now measured by the accumulation of frequent flyer miles. The more nosotros travel for work, the more we are called upon to provide institutions in other parts of the country and the world with our presence and services, the more nosotros give in to the logic of nomadism, one could say, the more than nosotros are made to feel wanted, needed, validated and relevant. Our very sense

Miwon Kwon writes:

Information technology occurred to me some time ago that for many of my art and academic friends, the success and viability of i'due south work are now measured by the accumulation of frequent flyer miles. The more we travel for piece of work, the more we are called upon to provide institutions in other parts of the country and the world with our presence and services, the more we give in to the logic of nomadism, ane could say, the more we are fabricated to experience wanted, needed, validated and relevant. Our very sense of cocky-worth seems predicated more and more on our suffering through the inconveniences and psychic destabilizations of ungrounded transience, of not existence at home (or not having a dwelling house), of e'er traveling through elsewheres. Whether we enjoy it or not, we are culturally and economically rewarded for enduring the "wrong" place. We are out of place all too often. Or, peradventure more accurately, the distinction between home and elsewhere, between "right" and "wrong" places, seems less and less relevant in the constitution of the self. […] Just I remain unconvinced of the ways a model of meaning of interpretation is called along to validate, even romanticize, the material and socioeconomic realities of an afoot lifestyle. I am suspicious of this analogical transposition and the seductive allure of nomadism information technology supports, if for no other reason than the fact of my ain personal ambivalence toward the physical and psychical experiences of mobilization and destabilization that such nomadism demands. To embrace such conditions is to leave oneself vulnerable to new terrors and dangers. At the very to the lowest degree, we have to acknowledge this vulnerability.

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Jun 09, 2015 Ansh rated it information technology was astonishing

Brilliant read on critiques on public and community art and how it has evolved from collaborations with architects and urban designers to "sited" collaborations with local communities. Offers some really potent institutional critiques from plural perspectives on how community identity is shaped on assumptions made apriori to the projection. All of this builds to i of the more effective critiques on the "postmodern status" wrapping Bourdieu as well as Deleuze & Guattari on how identity that's a Brilliant read on critiques on public and community art and how it has evolved from collaborations with architects and urban designers to "sited" collaborations with local communities. Offers some really strong institutional critiques from plural perspectives on how community identity is shaped on assumptions made apriori to the project. All of this builds to one of the more effective critiques on the "postmodern status" wrapping Bourdieu also every bit Deleuze & Guattari on how identity that's associated with no particular place and amalgam a solid thesis from that. ...more than

If not for too verbose and lengthy critique of identity politics-community-based fine art of the early-to-mid 90s this volume would be a gem. On the registers of polemics, theorization and historicity, Kwon is impeccable. In fact, half of the volume was published almost verbatim in the journal Oct, Jump 1997 and all the important stuff (and engaging reading) is in that location.

Jan 09, 2008 Jesse McLean rated it information technology was amazing

Peachy history of the theory and practice of public art since the 1960'south. Some people took criminal offense at the omission of the Situationists, merely I'm okay with it. Not bad history of the theory and practice of public art since the 1960'southward. Some people took law-breaking at the omission of the Situationists, but I'm okay with it. ...more than

Mar 26, 2018 Kotryna rated it liked it

The only matter I am sure of after reading this book is that I am deeply provincial when it comes to art outside museum walls; how unaware I was of the wonderful world of site-specific fine art inside and exterior gallery walls, filling the streets, local communities, and nature with content that challenges identities, builds relationships, expands a meaning of space, and in other ways affects or is affected by the locality.

In brief, it is a great introduction to site-specific art (though in many office

The only thing I am certain of after reading this book is that I am deeply provincial when it comes to fine art outside museum walls; how unaware I was of the wonderful earth of site-specific fine art inside and outside gallery walls, filling the streets, local communities, and nature with content that challenges identities, builds relationships, expands a meaning of space, and in other ways affects or is affected past the locality.

In brief, information technology is a smashing introduction to site-specific art (though in many parts, still beyond my ain reach). There are no taking sides in this book, just a research-based polemic on how the concept of site-specific art changed through years & different practices, which helps to navigate in this branch of the art world, while the relationship between location and identity gets just more complex and unstable.

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Aug 24, 2017 Shane rated information technology really liked it

A thorough analysis of the evolution of site-specific art and art as community appointment up to the early 2000s, terminal with some first-class observations on place identity and the part of an artist in a customs.

Mar 04, 2022 Shana rated it it was amazing

four.5 really. I loved the way this book breaks down site-specific art and how customs plays a function in information technology.

December 31, 2019 Shauna Smith rated it it was amazing

The rich history of the theory of site-specific and public artwork. Highly recommend for studying these subjects.

Feb 04, 2008 Marry rated it liked information technology

This book was suggested to me every bit a primer on contemporary discussion of Public Fine art and though I found it informative, it certainly doesn't offer any new ideas in terms of how practice in the public sphere is changing for artists. Technology and the arts are most wholey neglected and the book is annoyingly academic at times. This book was suggested to me as a primer on gimmicky give-and-take of Public Art and though I plant it informative, it certainly doesn't offering any new ideas in terms of how practice in the public sphere is changing for artists. Engineering and the arts are almost wholey neglected and the volume is annoyingly bookish at times. ...more

Jan 27, 2008 Penny rated it liked it

A good question:
"How do nosotros account, for instance, for the sense of soaring exhilaration and the anxious dread ngendered by the new fluidities and continuities of space and time, on the one paw, and their ruptures and disconnections on the other? And what could this doubleness of feel mean in our lives?" A skilful question:
"How practise we business relationship, for instance, for the sense of soaring exhilaration and the anxious dread ngendered by the new fluidities and continuities of space and time, on the one manus, and their ruptures and disconnections on the other? And what could this doubleness of feel mean in our lives?" ...more

Oct 22, 2007 Virginia rated information technology information technology was ok

it was terribly dry. so dry that i needed to drink a glass of water when i was washed with it. it parched me, no one likes that.
the absence of christo was off-putting.

Sep 09, 2007 Nathaniel rated it really liked it

an fantabulous survey and theoretical assay of site specific fine art.

Dec 31, 2015 Deb rated it it was amazing

Excellent coverage of primal ideas and works relating to "locational identity". Splendid coverage of key ideas and works relating to "locational identity". ...more than

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