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Title Activating democracy : the "I wish to say" project / edited by Sheryl Oring
Published Bristol, UK : Intellect ; Chicago, IL, USA : The University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) : color illustrations
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Coyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Taking a Moment to Have a Say; "I WISH TO SAY:" 2004; PART I Ruminations: The Artist's Perspective; Ruminations: The Artist's Perspective; The Typewriter: An Ode to Its Smells, Sounds, and Tactile Responses; The Look: Patty and Her Avatars; The Question: The Door to What We Most Want to Know; The Camera: Coming to Terms with Photographing People; The Digital Archive: Maintaining Privacy by Giving It All Away; The Paper, the Game, and the City Park: Places for Things to Happen; The Street: Fleeting Situations and Doings
The City: The Political Equator and the Radicalization of the LocalThe Road: Stories From the Navajo Nation; Dissent: American Style; "I WISH TO SAY:" 2008; PART II Frameworks: Scholarly Views; Frameworks: Scholarly Views ; Toward a Sociability of Objects; Socially Engaged Art, Photography, and Art History; Activism's Art: A (Very) Brief History of Social Practice and Artist Books; Free Speech in a Digital Era; Efficacy, Trust, and the Future of Civic Engagement; PART III Conclusion: Listening and the Power of Small Acts; Conclusion: Listening and the Power of Small Acts
Turning Strangers into NeighborsLet It Linger; Small Acts, Forlorn Practices ; PART IV Postscript: An Activist's Discourse; Postscript: An Activist's Discourse; Q & A: Sheryl Oring and Svetlana Mintcheva; "I WISH TO SAY:" SEQUELS; "I WISH TO SAY:" Chronology and Credits; Endnotes; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Back Cover
Summary "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 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."--Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218)
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Subject Art, American -- Political aspects -- United States
ART -- Performance.
ART -- Reference.
ART / General
Art, American -- Political aspects
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Oring, Sheryl, editor
ISBN 1783206721
9781783206728
9781783207244
1783207248
Other Titles I wish to say project