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A monumental, lavishly illustrated book that offers the first global portrait of a complex and definition-defying genre of cultural production.

Over the past twenty years, an abundance of art forms have emerged that use aesthetics to affect social dynamics. These works are often produced by collectives or come out of a community context; they emphasize participation, dialogue, and action, and appear in situations ranging from theater to activism to urban planning to visual art to health care. Engaged with the texture of living, these art works often blur the line between art and life. This book offers the first global portrait of a complex and exciting mode of cultural production—one that has virtually redefined contemporary art practice.

Living as Form grew out of a major exhibition at Creative Time in New York City. Like the exhibition, the book is a landmark survey of more than 100 projects selected by a thirty-person curatorial advisory team; each projec

Living as Form Socially Engaged Art from 19912011

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      Publisher: MIT Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/11/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780262534390, 978-0262534390
      ISBN10: 0262534398
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A monumental, lavishly illustrated book that offers the first global portrait of a complex and definition-defying genre of cultural production.

      Over the past twenty years, an abundance of art forms have emerged that use aesthetics to affect social dynamics. These works are often produced by collectives or come out of a community context; they emphasize participation, dialogue, and action, and appear in situations ranging from theater to activism to urban planning to visual art to health care. Engaged with the texture of living, these art works often blur the line between art and life. This book offers the first global portrait of a complex and exciting mode of cultural production—one that has virtually redefined contemporary art practice.

      Living as Form grew out of a major exhibition at Creative Time in New York City. Like the exhibition, the book is a landmark survey of more than 100 projects selected by a thirty-person curatorial advisory team; each projec

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