Former West: Art and the Contemporary After 1989
What has become of the so-called West after the Cold War? Why hasn't the West simply become “former,” as has its supposed counterpart, the “former East”? In this book, artists, thinkers, and activists explore the repercussions of the political, cultural, and economic events of 1989 on both art and the contemporary. The culmination of an eight-year curatorial research experiment, Former West imagines a world beyond our immediate condition. The writings, visual essays, and conversations in Former West — more than seventy diverse contributions with global scope — unfold a tangled cartography far more complex than the simplistic dichotomy of East vs. West. In fact, the Cold War was a contest not between two ideological blocs but between two variants of Western modernity. It is this conceptual “Westcentrism” that a “formering” of the West seeks to undo. The contributions revisit contemporary debates through the lens of a “former West.” They rethink conceptions of time and space dominating the legacy of the 1989–1990 revolutions in the former East, and critique historical periodization of the contemporary. The contributors map the political economy and social relations of the contemporary, consider the implications of algorithmic cultures and the posthuman condition, and discuss notions of solidarity — the difficulty in constructing a new “we” despite migration, the refugee crisis, and the global class recomposition.
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21st‑century history, 20th‑century history, Criticism, Curatorial practices, Political art, Economy
Stilinović Mladen (Article author), Malik Suhail (Article author), Minh-ha Trinh T. (Article author), András Edit (Article author), Lütticken Sven (Article author), Mbembe Achille (Article author), Chakrabarty Dipesh (Article author), Simone Anna (Article author), Močnik Rastko (Article author), Holmes Brian (Article author), Fisher Mark (Article author), Rogoff Irit (Article author), Khatib Sami (Article author), Dirik Dilar (Article author), Schöllhammer Georg (Article author), Osten Marion von (Article author), Chto Delat (Article author), Medina Cuauhtémoc (Article author), Hayes Sharon (Article author), Magun Artemiy (Article author), Wark McKenzie (Article author), Buck-Morss Susan (Article author), Groys Boris (Article author), Osborne Peter (Article author), Enwezor Okwui (Article author), Mignolo Walter D. (Article author), Salti Rasha (Article author), Dean Jodi (Article author), Bauman Zygmunt (Article author), Mosquito Nástio (Article author), Vishmidt Marina (Article author), Easterling Keller (Article author), Pasquinelli Matteo (Article author), Sakai Naoki (Article author), Tavares Paulo (Article author), Bloom Brett (Article author), Lopez Lucy (Article author), Weizman Eyal (Article author), Steyerl Hito (Article author), Esche Charles (Article author), Prashad Vijay (Article author), Siekmann Andreas (Article author), Santos Boaventura de Sousa (Article author), Marques Pedro Neves (Article author), Federici Silvia (Article author), Mitropoulos Angela (Article author), Dimitrakaki Angela (Article author), Lorey Isabell (Article author), Raunig Gerald (Article author), Harney Stefano (Article author), Dumas Marlene (Article author), Hu Tung-Hui (Article author), Mroue Rabih (Article author), McLean Laura (Article author), Chun Wendy Hui Kyong (Article author), Majewska Ewa (Article author), Athanasiou Athena (Article author), Levin Boaz (Article author), Schlingensief Christoph (Article author), Beech Dave (Article author), Braidotti Rosi (Article author), Tollmann Vera (Article author), Vatamanu Mona (Article author), Tudor Florin (Article author), Schuppli Susan (Article author), Giardini Federica (Article author), Staal Jonas (Article author), Phillips Andrea (Article author), Salvini Francesco (Article author), Power Nina (Article author), Hlavajova Maria (Preface)
Mroue Rabih, Weizman Eyal, Labor Gulf, Chto Delat, Margolles Teresa
Cambridge
2016
600 pages
9780262533836
Available on request
Yes
Yes
701.1 Hla
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