Interventionists : users' manual for the creative disruption of everyday life / edited by Nato Thompson ... [et al.] ; graphic design by Arjen Noordeman.
"This publication accompanies the exhibition The interventionists: art in the social sphere, organized by MASS MoCA. It was presented at MASS MoCA from May 2004 until March 2005"--Colophon. Includes interviews with the artists, a history of public political art, and critical essays. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The tour / e-Xplo. Interventionism and the historical uncanny ... Or: can there be revolutionary art without the revolution? / Gregory G. Sholette -- Anarchy in the ruins : dreaming the experimental university / Nicholas Mirzoeff -- APPENDIX: -- Krzysztof Wodiczko ; Lucy Orta ; William Pope. L ; e-Xplo ; Rubén Ortiz-Torres ; Alex Villar ; Institute for Applied Autonomy ; The Surveillance Camera Players ; Valerie Tevere ; The Yes Men ; Critical Art Ensemble / C. Ondine Chavoya -- subRosa / Ryan Griffis -- APPENDIX: -- The amateur / Critical Art Ensemble -- The archive / Spurse -- The chameleon / The Center for Tactical Magic -- Collectives / Gregory Sholette, Blake Stimson -- Détournement / Nato Thompson -- Illegality / YOMANGO -- Laughannilingus / William Pope. L -- The tour / e-Xplo.
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