nicolas bourriaud: relational aesthetics
this book is amazing!
we all have to get a copy!
you guys will love it, is got a glossary that defines art and everything. i got so excited i read the first essay aloud to horst while he was playing call of duty 4 last night. im not sure that he got as excited as me though, since i was infringing on his illustrious military career.
i am so keen about this book that if you guys suddenly
wanted to become a close reading group and give a seminar, i'm down.
Participation/ documents in Contemporary art looks really great too. its a collection of essays by all your favorite theorists and artists on the changing role of the audience in art, and contemporary inclination to invite more than spectatorial viewing in order to create open dialogues about context and consumption of art etc.
Miwon Kwon: One place after another/ site-specific art and location identity
this book is more on the history of site specific art through the 60s 70s and 80s as a framework for what we are doing now. i think towards the end it might get a little more contemporary but it seems like a good read for exploring the cultural impact of things like late capitalism and location identity, and finding a cannon from whence we come.
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