The Shape of Evidence onderzoekt de rol van het document in hedendaagse kunst. Kunstenaars gebruiken veelal bestaande beelden uit film, tekst, foto's of ander (archief)materiaal afkomstig uit journalistiek, reclame, wetenschappelijke verhandelingen of industriële archieven. Niet alleen de visuele bronnen die zij zich toe-eigenen verwijzen naar een 'objectieve' staat van informatie, maar ook de strategieën die kunstenaars inzetten om het materiaal naar hun hand te zetten, refereren aan kwest...

Anders dan kunstenaars opereren architecten per definitie vanuit het centrum van de samenleving. Als een van de weinige architecten toont Rem Koolhaas aan dat je vanuit dat midden toch een kritische distantie in acht kunt nemen. Is in zijn strategieën een hint gelegen voor kunstenaars om betekenisvolle kunst te scheppen in een wereld waarin betekenis geen enkele kans meer lijkt te hebben?

Schrijver Edzard Mik bezocht het door het OMA ontworpen CCTV hoofdkantoor in Beijing en schreef een lyri...

Urging a grassroots style based on activist engagement, entrepreneurship, design, and more, this book offers opposing perspectives on independent, progressive cultural production stemming from small initiatives. Similar to a pamphlet or a bundle of essays, it considers the formal frameworks and cultures of an independent and truthful undercurrent to move upwards. The book offers no evidence but shares experiences and perspectives with analytical support, which equally brings a rhetorical styl...

Most of Marc Boumeester's thinking falls under affect theory, a philosophy of a new generation, which in its turn is fueled by Deleuzian scholarship. Boumeester formulates new and contemporary concepts that can be put into action in art and design education through an operational style called "intensive thinking". In the book, many interesting examples of educational programmes and works of art are accompanied by images relating to how this theoretical approach can be applied in art and desig...

Interrupting the City explores the ways in which artistic practices and interventions constitute the public sphere. To interrupt the city (be it digitally or materially) means to arrest the flow or circulation that the city consists of. The tactics by which this interruption is achieved may vary, ranging from a media offensive to riots in the streets, but each and every time these activities affect the public sphere, also make the public sphere. Thus, the public domain is constituted by a com...

With 20 exciting challenges inspired by great artists, experiment with art styles, build your creative confidence and maybe even create a masterpiece of your own!

Take inspiration from some of the world's greatest creators and become a SUPER AWESOME ARTIST! With real works of art to spark your creativity, this great book features 20 art challenges for you to try, as well as helpful 'know-how' features on how to shade with pencils, get creative with collage and make the most of colour.

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What do we mean by theory in the arts, and what role does it play in that sense? Theory appears as an active, transformative, fluid, and communicative element of art practices, and research in the arts in particular. Theory is the fluid that perfuses and connects the territory of fine art and design, as well as other art forms such as music, architecture, writing, moving images, dance, and theatre. At the heart of this publication is the new field of research in theory and the way the ArtEZ T...

After half a century of neoliberalism, a new radical, practice-based ideology is making its way from the margins: commonism, with an o in the middle. It is based on the values of sharing, common (intellectual) ownership and new social cooperations. Commoners assert that social relationships can replace money (contract) relationships. They advocate solidarity and they trust in peer-to-peer relationships to develop new ways of production.

Commonism maps those new ideological thoughts. How do t...