1 option
Tania Brugera in Conversation with Claire Bishop.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruguera, Tania, Author.
- Bishop, Claire, Author.
- Series:
- Conversaciones/Conversations ; 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--History.
- Art.
- Artists.
- Performance art.
- Political art.
- Art History.
- Genre:
- Essays
- Interviews
- Essay.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified], Fundación Cisneros, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A controversial figure working in installation and performance, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera (born 1968) has consistently blurred the lines between art and activism. Defining herself as an initiator rather than an author, she often invites spectator participation and works in a collaborative mode, working with various organizations, institutions and individuals to challenge political and economic power structures and the control they hold over society. She researches and executes the ways in which art can be applied to everyday life, and how its effects can translate into political action. From offering Cubans one minute of uncensored time in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución (#YoTambienExijo, 2014) to operating a flexible community center in Corona, Queens (Immigrant Movement International, 2011), Bruguera strives to make Arte Útil (Useful Art), an art that imagines and provides tools to bring about social change. This volume is the eleventh title in the Fundación Cisneros' Conversaciones/Conversations series, and features an in-depth conversation between the artist and the renowned art historian Claire Bishop. In this interview, Bruguera tells her own story, recounting the development of her early work in 1980s Cuba, motivated by her political activism, and her shift from intimate performances to the orchestration of the large-scale interactive situations and events that characterize her work today."-- provided by distributor.
- Notes:
- Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
- Standard Copyright.
- Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.