Introduction / Grant Kester and Bill Kelley Jr. -- (Un)civil disobedience -- Lava la bandera : the Colectivo Sociedad Civil and the cultural overthrow of the Fujimori-Montesinos dictatorship / Gustavo Buntinx -- Interview with Caleb Duarte of Edelo Residencia / Raquel de Anda -- Grupo Etcetera : project description / Rodrigo Marti -- An interview with Etcetera / Etcetera -- Artistas en Resistencia : project description / Kency Cornejo -- An interview with Artistas en Resistencia / Kency Cornejo -- A long way : Argentine artistic activism of the last decades / Ana Longoni -- Urbanism -- Galatea/bulbo collective : project description / Mariola V. Alvarez -- Interview with Tranvia Cero / Maria Fernanda Cartagena -- Art collectives and the Prestes Maia occupation in Sao Paulo / Gavin Adams -- Frente 3 de fevereiro : project description / Rodrigo Marti -- Interview with Mauricio Brandao of Bijari, october 9, 2011 / Mariola V. Alvarez -- Memory -- Skins of memory : art, civic pedagogy, and social reconstruction / Pilar Riano Alcala and Suzanne Lacy -- Some frameworking concepts for art and social practices in Colombia / David Gutierrez Castaneda -- Chemi Rosado-Seijo : project description / Marina Reyes Franco -- Indigeneity -- Ala Plastica : project description / Fabian Cerejido -- Otros-nosotros: an interview with Ala Plastica / Grant Kester -- Interview with Pablo Sanaguano / Maria Fernanda Cartagena -- The empowerment process of community communication in Ecuador / Alberto Muenala -- Migrations -- Of co-investigations and aesthetic sustenance : a conversation between Colectivo Tuaciones and Electronic Disturbance theater / B.A.N.G. Lab -- How three artists led the Queens Museum into Corona and beyond / Prerana Reddy -- Institutional critique -- Lurawi, doing: an anarchist experience ch'ixi / Lxs Colectiverxs -- Con la salud si se juega : project description / Fabian Cerejido -- The tournament: nodes of a network made of undisciplined knowledge / Juan Carlos Rodriguez -- La lleca colectiva: project description / Elize Mazadiego -- Exodus to la lleca: exiting from "art" and "politics" in mexico / La Lleca -- La linea: project description / Elize Mazadiego -- The Morras Project Interdisciplinario la Linea/La Linea Interdisciplinary Group: Abril Castro, Esmeralda Ceballos, Kara Lynch, Lorena Mancilla, and Sayak Valencia-Miriam Garcia -- Contributor, editor, and translator biographies.
Summary:
"In Collective Situations scholars, artists, and art collectives present a range of socially engaged art practices that emerged in Latin America during the Pink Tide period, between 1995 and 2010. This volume's essays, interviews, and artist's statements—many of which are appearing in English for the first time—demonstrate the complex relationship between moments of political transformation and artistic production. Whether addressing human rights in Colombia, the politics of urban spaces in Brazil, the violent legacy of military dictatorships in the region, or art’s intersection with public policy, health, and the environment, the contributors outline the region’s long-standing tradition of challenging ideas about art and the social sphere through experimentation. Introducing English-language readers to some of the most dynamic and innovative contemporary art in Latin America, Collective Situations documents new possibilities for artistic practice, collaboration, and creativity in ways that have the capacity to foster vibrant forms of democratic citizenship."-- Publisher's description.
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