Active art
By: editors, Joachim Hamou, Maija Rudovska, Barbara Sirieix
Publisher: Paraguay Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9782918252597
Subjects: Art; Philosophy; Political aspects; Aesthetics
Description: In this book, the 1923 manifesto ?Active Art? by Latvian philosopher Andrejs Kurcijs triggers a series of responses by writers, artists and curators on the notion of activism, past and present: art for political purposes, art for its own purpose or art with no purpose. All the texts collected in this volume aim at considering the active part of writing according to the definition given by Kurcijs. It is true of the book design by Laure Giletti and Gregory Dapra too. Contributors include curator Rebeka Poldsam, artists Evita Vasijeva and Eva Barto, writers Bella Marrin and Robert Gl uck, and poet Laura Boullic. It also includes the reprint of an essay from 1987 by James Baldwin, commissioned by the African Center in New York, and an in-depth conversation between the editors of the books and philosopher Ainars Kamolins.

In this book, the 1923 manifesto ?Active Art? by Latvian philosopher Andrejs Kurcijs triggers a series of responses by writers, artists and curators on the notion of activism, past and present: art for political purposes, art for its own purpose or art with no purpose. All the texts collected in this volume aim at considering the active part of writing according to the definition given by Kurcijs. It is true of the book design by Laure Giletti and Gregory Dapra too. Contributors include curator Rebeka Põldsam, artists Evita Vasi?jeva and Eva Barto, writers Bella Marrin and Robert Glück, and poet Laura Boullic. It also includes the reprint of an essay from 1987 by James Baldwin, commissioned by the African Center in New York, and an in-depth conversation between the editors of the books and philosopher Ainars Kamolins.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.