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Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship

by Claire Bishop

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A critical examination of participatory art from the 1990s to the present, questioning the ethics and aesthetics of socially engaged practice.

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Bishop challenges us to think critically about what makes participatory art meaningful. Not everyone will agree, but it is essential reading.

— Stella Barnes
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Participatory Art Critical Theory Spectatorship
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Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship
  • Author Claire Bishop
  • Year 2012
  • Publisher Verso Books
  • Type Book
  • Themes 3 topics

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