Description
Book SynopsisProviding a lively snapshot of the state of art and social justice today,
Entry Points contains essays that map the field of art and social justice, artist pages, and an in-depth analysis of Theaster Gates's
The Dorchester Projects, winner of the inaugural Vera List Prize for Art and Politics.
Trade Review"Anybody that has an ambition of practicing political mass art should read the stories in this book for inspiration and ideas. The design is unique, but this helps the text become a work of art in its turn, allowing its owner to acquire not only information, but also a piece of art to display predominantly on a shelf." -- Anna Faktorovich * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *
Table of ContentsIntroduction / Carin Kuoni 7
The Field
Essays
That Incorribible Disturber of the Peace / Sharon Sliwinski 14
On Dirt / João Ribas 23
The Political in and of Art / Thomas Keenan in conversation with Carin Kuoni 36
Artists
Ai Weiwei / Chen Tamir 48
Shahidul Alam / Bisi Silva 54
Karen Andreassian / Susanna Gyulamiryan 60
Amy Balkin / T. J. Demos 66
Bibliothèques San Frontières / Omar Berrada 72
Giuseppe Campuzano / Ana Longoni 78
Chto Delat / What, How & for Whom/WHW 86
DABATEATR / Omar Berrada 92
Etcétera / Galit Eilat 98
Gugulective / Kathryn Smith
Hans Haacke / Chen Tamir 112
Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti / Galit Eilat 118
Interference Archive / Gregory Sholette 124
Sanja Iveković / What, How & for Whom/WHW 130
Amar Kanwar / Pooja Sood 136
Faustin Linyekula / Shannon Jackson 142
Mosireen / Negar Azimi 148
Marina Naprushkina / Gregory Sholette 154
Tenzing Rigdol / H. G. Masters 160
Issa Samb / Koyo Kouch 164
Christoph Schäfer / CAMP 170
Take to the Sea / Jenifer Evans 176
Dorchester Projects
Artist
Theaster Gates 186
Theaster Gates: A Way of Working (Installation Images) 207
Essays
"Some Kind of Work Simply Needs to Happen": Theaster Gates in conversation with Carin Kuoni 198
Utopian Operating Systems: Theaster's Way of Working / Shannon Jackson 214
Collecting Publics: The Spatial Politics of
Dorchester Projects / Mabel O. Wilson 230
Gauging the Racial Times of the Work of Theaster Gates / Romi N. Crawford 240
Neither "Black Church" nor "White Cube" / Horace D. Ballard Jr. 246
Learning from Chicago: Responses to
Dorchester Projects from The New School Faculty / Katayoun Chamany, Julia Foules, Andrea Geyer, Richard Harper, Carin Kuoni, Mark Larrimore, Lydia Matthews, Kevin McQueen, Jasmine Rault Radhika Subramaniam 263
Theaster Gates: A Way of Reception / Chelsea Haines and Jocelyn Edens 272
Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics 276
Nominated Projects 278
Vera List Center 279
Book Contributors 280
Index 284
Image Credits 288
