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What we want is free : generosity and exchange in recent art
- Title
- What we want is free : generosity and exchange in recent art / edited by Ted Purves.
- Publication
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | N8217.G43 W48 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Purves, Ted, 1964-2017.
- Description
- xii, 184 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Through a variety of lenses, this book examines contemporary artists' use of the "gift"--The distribution of goods and services - as a medium for artistic production. Featuring a detailed survey of over fifty artists' projects from fifteen countries, What We Want Is Free explores how these artists use their projects to connect participants to tangible goods and services that they might need, enjoy, and benefit from. Samples of these various projects include the creation of free commuter bus lines and medicinal plant gardens; the distribution of such services as free housework and computer programming; and the production of community media projects such as free commuter newspapers and democratic low-wattage radio stations."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- The SUNY series in postmodern culture
- Uniform Title
- SUNY series in postmodern culture.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Reciprocal generosity / Mary Jane Jacob -- Sure, everyone might be an artist ... but only one artist gets to be the guy who says that everyone else is an artist / Bill Arning -- Lunch hour: art, community, administrated space, and unproductive activity / Kate Fowle and Lars Bang Larsen -- Blows against the empire / Ted Purves -- Four projects / Jörgen Svensson -- A given / Ben Kinmont -- How do you pin a wave upon the sand? An interview with Cesare Pietroiusti / Shane Aslan Selzer -- A call for sociality / Jeanne van Heeswijk -- Introductory remarks on the handbook / Ted Purves -- Project histories / edited by Jessica Ingram [and others] -- Exchange -- the "other" social sculpture / Francis McIlveen.
- ISBN
- 0791462900
- 9780791462904
- 0791462897
- 9780791462898
- LCCN
- 2004054160
- OCLC
- ocm56334179
- 56334179
- SCSB-1351939
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library