Deze publicatie gaat inhoudelijk over de betekenis van kunst in de stedelijke vernieuwing, de rol van de kunstenaar daarin, de ontwikkeling van het initiatief OpTrek, reflecties op de praktijk, persoonlijke ervaringen die middels interviews met kunstenaars en belanghebbenden zijn vastgelegd. Dit alles aangevuld met bredere visies op het onderwerp door deskundigen.<br/><br/>Voorts bevat de publicatie een archief van alle projecten die kunstenaarsorganisatie OpTrek vanaf 2002 tot 20...

De publicatie Duet for Cannibals: Forms of Cultural Appropriation is gebaseerd op een film- en discussieprogramma in het Tropentheater te Amsterdam met werk van Nederlandse en internationale kunstenaars gecombineerd met hoogtepunten uit de filmcollectie van het Tropenmuseum.Het film-en discussie programma Duet for Cannibals (vernoemd naar de film van de Amerikaanse schrijfster en critica Susan Sontag uit 1969) stelt vraagstukken aan de orde over etnografie en antropologie in de hedendaagse ku...

'Teaching Objects' is a journey through art and culture. Jeroen Lutters takes us to see a number of artworks that give new insights into the foundations of twenty-first century civilisation and humanity. In this highly personal ans passionate account, he discusses his individual choice of great works – works that not only reflect the history of Western culture, but also continue to be a source of inspiration and meaning.

A new and accessible way to understand art, using the universal theme of love

Discover the love affairs that inspired art's greatest masterpieces.

Whether in the throes of passion, enduring the pain of unrequited love, or basking in the joy of a wonderfully supportive friendship, What Art Can Tell Us About Love explores the myriad ways love has influenced artists, shaped the work they created, and altered the course of art history.

Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs of more t...

What is computational art? How does it involve us in unprecedented aesthetic relationships, making us part of works and even transfor­ming them? This book looks at how computation causes an ontolo­gical shift that turns dynamics, causality, and cognition into central components of art, artistic practices, and aesthetics. Computational art is more conceptual than perceptual; it is performative, experien­tial, situated, experimental, creative, and intersubjective. Computa­tional art is unst...

Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual traces the evolution of critical internet research. Examining the pioneering work of early net critic Geert Lovink, the influencer-style approach of Joshua Citarella, and the practices of Alex Quicho and Sophie Public, the essay explores how researchers share their work and sustain their careers in today’s attention economy. Charting the rise of subscription platforms and engagement-driven metrics, Becoming the...

This thorough study on the work of the German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin exposes - in Benjamin’s own metaphor - the ‘dwarf of theology’ hidden in the machinery of his work, his own form of ‘historical materialism’. In doing so it unearths and explains his language theory, his art theory, his most cryptic baroque book, his philosophy of history, and, last but not least, his famous labyrinthine unfinished opus magnum on Paris, The Arcades project (the first philosophical book ...

'On the Contrary: Rethinking Engaged Art in an Age of Social Unrest' is a collection of essays that re-evaluate key artistic concepts that influence the way in which engaged practices are conducted. Historically produced ideas about, for example, spectatorship, autonomy, what an artwork is, and the political role of the artist determine to a large degree how contemporary practices constitute themselves. Might these concepts be faulty when acted out in practices that occupy fundamentally diffe...

This edited volume offers an in-depth exploration of Dutch media art from 1985 onwards from many different perspectives. Through early access to the Internet, state subsidies and dedicated institutions and festivals, a vivid counter-cultural environment and a cosmopolitan artistic and intellectual scene the Netherlands hold a unique position in regards to the development of media art.

Introduced by four chapters that retrace the main events and actors (governmental institutions, festivals an...