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Scandalous : a reader on art and ethics

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Scandalous : a reader on art and ethics / Nina Möntmann (ed.).
Publication
Berlin : Sternberg Press, 2013.

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  • Möntmann, Nina, 1969-
  • Bauer, Petra, 1970-
  • Krauss, Annette.
  • Berardi Bifo, Franco.
  • Critchley, Simon, 1960-
  • Hernández, Miguel Ángel, 1977-
  • Eilat, Galit.
  • Jones, Ronald.
  • Karlsson, Maria, 1964-
  • Wrange, Måns, 1961-
  • Martens, Renzo, 1973-
  • Demos, T. J.
  • Osborne, Peter, 1958-
  • Steinweg, Marcus, 1971-
  • Thompson, Nato.
Description
178 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Summary
"Recent encounters between art and real life, the ubiquity of images of violence and humiliation in visual culture and the media, and the persistence of controversial debates on public and participatory art projects are raising fundamental questions about the importance of ethical decisions in art and curating. How far can provocation in art go, before it becomes cynical and abusive? Does 'good censorship' exist? Are ethical decisions seen as more urgent in participatory art? This reader introduces current notions of ethics in several contexts related to the cultural field. Responding to the instrumentalization of ethics as a privileged tool of neoliberalism, the reader claims the need for an ethics that critically reflects the mechanisms of contemporary global power structures. The contributions discuss models of subjective and situational ethics and pit them against a canon of unquestioned principles and upturned notions of ethics and human rights" --Publisher's description.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Art at the limits: an introduction / Nina Möntmann -- Creating interstices: on ethics, politics, and curatorship / Simon Critchley in conversation with Miguel Á. Hernández-Navarro -- Disguised as a dog: cynical occupy / Peter Osborne -- Ironic ethics / Franco Berardi Bifo -- Evil be thou my good / Ronald Jones -- Scandal success! The political economy of the art scandal / Maria Karlsson and Måns Wrange -- Ethical considerations in public art / Nato Thompson -- A Curator's ethical code in conflict zones / Galit Eilat -- On the Institute for human activities / Renzon Martens in conversation with T.J. Demos -- Acting politically within the realm of aesthetics / Petra Bauer and Annette Krauss -- Art between affirmation and critique / Marcus Steinweg.
ISBN
  • 9781934105870
  • 1934105872
OCLC
  • 864698699
  • SCSB-9573496
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Columbia University Libraries