Commonism : a new aesthetics of the real / Nico Dockx & Pascal Gielen (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dockx, Nico, 1974- editor.

Gielen, Pascal, editor.

Series:

Antennae series ; no. 25.

Antennae-Arts in Society ; no. 25

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Art and society.

Cooperation.

Physical Description:

447 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Valiz, 2018.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Dutch.

Summary:

Following half a century of neoliberalism, there appears to be a new ideology in the making, called 'commonism.' This book attempts to map these new ideological notions through examples and artistic practices, as well as critical reflection. How are the commons constituted in society? How do they shape the reality of our living together? What strategies and aesthetics do artistic commoners adopt? Is there an alternative and more just future imaginable through the political ideology of the commons? Commonism claims to be better aligned with the ecological and social reality of today than capitalism. Perhaps it is also closer to how social relationships actually function.

Contents:

Pigeoning fanzine: Commonism issue 'Le drame incessant' / Pat McCarthy

Introduction: ideology & aesthetics of the real / Nico Dockx & Pascal Gielen

Part 1: Commonability & the art of assembling Herewith your common PDF / Liam Gillick

Common aesthetics: the shape of a new meta-ideology / Pascal Gielen

The salt of the earth: on commonism: an interview with Antonio Negri / Pascal Gielen & Sonja Lavaert

Bread kneads hands / Futurefarmers

Notes on artistic commoning / Rudi Laermans

Indigenous, not homogenous: an interview with Elizabeth A. Povinelli / Matteo Lucchetti & Judith Wielander (Visible)

Part 2: A-legality & commoning economies

Precariat: a revolutionary class? / Lara Garcia Diaz & Pascal Gielen

Commoning art, democracy, and the precariat, a dialogue / Evi Swinnen in conversation with Michel Bauwens

No-pressure economies Nico Dockx in conversation wtih Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sedhapong Kirativongkamchon, Paphonsak La-or & Superflex about the land Foundation

The value of squatting a nipple: another exchange value / Nico Dockx in conversation with Dennis Tyfus

Blockchain: tragedy in cyberspace?: how the commoner could benefit from the free-rider / Walter Van Andel & Louis Volont

Induced legality and the art of building common infrastructures: an interview with Santiago Cirugeda, Recetas Urbanas / Lara Garcia Diaz

Part 3: Secrets & commoning politics When politics becomes unavoidable: from community art to commoning art / Pascal Gielen & Hanka Otte

When commons becomes official politics: exploring the relationship between commons, politics, and art in Naples / Giuliana Ciancio

Commons towards new participatory institutions: the Neapolitan experience / Maria Francesca De Tullio

Who steals the goose from off the commons? An interview with Peter Linebaugh Louis Volont

Part 4: Affects & commoning space-time

Uncommon common: spatial denial in urban settings of Los Angeles / Harry Gamboa Jr.

The potentials of space commoning: the capacity to act and think through space / Stavros Stavrides

Building bridges: art as a space of rehearsal / Jörn Schafaff

Organizational aesthetics and emotional infrastructure / Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas

The commons as a deliberative counter-ideology / Eric Kluitenberg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789492095473

9492095475

OCLC:

1028596041