Global Activism: Art and Conflict in the 21st Century
Peter Weibel
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Documenting and describing the emerging performative democracy, the first new art form of the twenty-first century. Today political protest often takes the form of spontaneous, noninstitutional, mass action. Mass protests during the Arab Spring showed that established systems of power-in that case, the reciprocal support among Arab dictators and Western democracies-can be interrupted, at least for a short moment in history. These new activist movements often use online media to spread their message. Mass demonstrations from Tahrir Square in Cairo to Taksim Square in Istanbul show the power of networked communication to fuel ... Read more
Documenting and describing the emerging performative democracy, the first new art form of the twenty-first century. Today political protest often takes the form of spontaneous, noninstitutional, mass action. Mass protests during the Arab Spring showed that established systems of power-in that case, the reciprocal support among Arab dictators and Western democracies-can be interrupted, at least for a short moment in history. These new activist movements often use online media to spread their message. Mass demonstrations from Tahrir Square in Cairo to Taksim Square in Istanbul show the power of networked communication to fuel ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
2106g
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262526890
SKU
V9780262526890
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99-15
About Peter Weibel
Peter Weibel is Chairman and CEO of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, and Professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He has edited other ZKM volumes published by the MIT Press, including, most recently, The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds.
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