Art as Demonstration

Sven Spieker

"With a focus on political art and protest, this book examines demonstration-practiced as pedagogy, art form, and public protest by artists-as a powerful powerful agent of change"--

CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION: ART-AS-DEMONSTRATION IN THE 1960S AND BEYOND 12 OSTENTATIOUS NEUTRALITY 37 BERNAR VENET, DANIEL BUREN, ADRIAN PIPER3 BURLESQUE LECTURE DEMONSTRATION 65 ROBERT MORRIS, WALTER BENJAMIN 4 FILM AS OPERATION 85 HARUN FAROCKI, PAWEŁ KWIEK 5 TAKING IT TO THE STREET: EASTERN EUROPEAN ART DEMONSTRATIONS 113 MILAN KNÍŽÁK, JIŘÍ KOVANDA, ENDRE TÓT, MLADEN MILJANOVIĆ, CIPRIAN HOMORODEAN 6 LEARNING FROM THE SITUATION 161ULRIKE MEINHOF, CLEMENS VON WEDEMEYER 7 INSTRUCTIONS FOR SEEING 203 BAZON BROCK, WŁODZIMIERZ BOROWSKI 8 TEACHING WHAT DOES NOT EXIST 231 GNEZDO, ILYA KABAKOV 9 DEMONSTRATION IN SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET SPACE 259 EXTRA-GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL COMMISSION, RADEK COMMUNIT Y, CHTO DELAT 10 POSTSCRIPT: THE MIGRANT’S HANDS: BETWEEN DEMONSTRATION AND ARCHIVE IN SYLVAIN GEORGE’S QU’ILS REPOSENT EN RÉVOLTE (DES FIGURES DE GUERRE) 287ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 301 NOTES 303 INDEX 349