{"product_id":"what-we-made-9780822352891","title":"What We Made","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat We Made\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of fifteen conversations in which contemporary artists who create activist, participatory work discuss the cooperative process. Colleagues from fields including architecture, art history, urban planning, and new media join the conversations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These conversations by key practitioners and thinkers are a snapshot of thinking around the emergence of social and collaborative art, which seeks to improve society and address social issues. Finkelpearl ably situates collaborative and participatory art within the chronology of American art history.” -- Toro Castaño * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"What \u003ci\u003eWhat We Made\u003c\/i\u003e does, perhaps better than anything I’ve read so far about this particular kind of art, is utterly refrain from arriving at singular summaries or judgments. Instead, the conversations foreground the nuanced and complex social relations tied up in any artwork, but particularly collaborative artwork that draws on communities operating largely outside of the arts marketplace. And the projects Finkelpearl has chosen to discuss and feature by and large demonstrate real possibilities for genuine exchange across networks and communities.\" -- Alexis Clements * Hyperallergic *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWhat We Made\u003c\/i\u003e is a good sourcebook of art that tackles  politics through participation and collaboration. The  author’s introduction provides a useful overview of the situation in contemporary America. . . .” -- Sally O’Reilly * Art Monthly *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWhat We Made\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the stars of the social practice world Rick Lowe, Tania Bruguera, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Harrell Fletcher, and more in conversations with urban planners, educators, and each other, to create a fluid and interdisciplinary dialogue about social practice and its complicated, beautiful and necessary implications in the world.” -- Katie Bachler * The Art Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e“Finkelpearl has provided his readers with a rich description of a particular, influential movement in the art museum world. This book illustrates his own commitment to social collaboration. By presenting the conversations that make up the core of this volume, he brings this aspect of the art museum world to a larger public.” -- George E. Hein * Curator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction \u003cbr\u003e  The Art of Social Cooperation: An American Framework 1\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cooperation Goes Public \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConsequences of a Gesture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e100 Victoria\/10,000 Tears\u003c\/i\u003e 51\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Daniel Joseph Martinez, artist, and Gregg M. Horowitz, philosophy professor \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChicago Urban Ecology Action Group\u003c\/i\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e Follow-Up Interview: Naomi Beckwith, participant \u003cbr\u003e 3. Museum, Education, Cooperation \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMemory of Surfaces\u003c\/i\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Ernesto Pujol, artist, and David Henry, museum educator \u003cbr\u003e 4. Overview \u003cbr\u003e Temporary Coaltions, Mobilized Communities, and Dialogue as Art 114\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Grant Kester, art historian \u003cbr\u003e 5. Social Vision and a Cooperative Community \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eProject Row Houses\u003c\/i\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Rick Lowe, artist, and Mark Stern, professor of social history and urban studies \u003cbr\u003e 6. Participation, Planning, and a Cooperative Film \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlot Out the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Harrell Fletcher, artist, and Ethan Seltzer, professor of urban studies and planning \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRide Out the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e Follow-up Interview: Jay Dykeman, collaborator \u003cbr\u003e 7. Education Art \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatedra Arte del Conducta\u003c\/i\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Tania Bruguera, artist \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatedra de Conducta\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Follow-up Interview: Claire Bishop, art historian \u003cbr\u003e 8. A Political Alphabet 219\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Wendy Ewald, artist, and Sondra Farganis, political scientist \u003cbr\u003e 9. Crossing Borders \u003cbr\u003e Transnational Community-Based Production, Cooperative Art, and Informal Trade Networks 240\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Pedro Lasch, artist, and Teddy Cruz, architect \u003cbr\u003e 10. Spirituality and Cooperation \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnburning Freedom Hall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Packer School Project\u003c\/i\u003e 269\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Brett Cook, artist, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, artist \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Seer Project\u003c\/i\u003e 301\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Lee Mingwei, artist \u003cbr\u003e 11. Interactive Internet Communication \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhite Glove Tracking\u003c\/i\u003e 313\u003cbr\u003e Interview: Evan Roth, artist \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhite Glove Tracking\u003c\/i\u003e 335\u003cbr\u003e Follow-up Interview: Jonah Peretti, contagious media pioneer \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Pragmatism and Social Cooperation 343\u003cbr\u003e Notes 363\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 373\u003cbr\u003e Index 381","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406071669079,"sku":"9780822352891","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822352891.jpg?v=1730494430","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-we-made-9780822352891","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}