Autonomous Art Institutions: Artists Disrupting the Creative City by Alberto Cos

Description: Autonomous Art Institutions by Alberto Cossu This book explores the current wave of artistic activism by looking at the way in which theirantagonism may lead to the creation of autonomous artistic institutions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Alberto Cossus ethnographic research on the MACAO centre in Italy radiates out to questions about what it means to be a modern artist, and how much autonomy is left to the artist in a globalized and politicised world. "Autonomous Art Institutions" provides a unique perspective on the political engagement of artists in order to investigate the reconfiguration of contemporary art practices as they dissolve in social and economic processes. The book provides insight into the making of a radical art institution across seven years of activity, showing how social, cultural and economic elements are appropriated and repurposed by artists in the process. Based on years of sociological research as well as direct involvement of the author in the artistic practices, the book illuminates the spark of society-to-come by examining the doings of artists as they attempt to disrupt the creative city. Author Biography Alberto is a sociologist who does research at the intersection between digital media and activism,qualitative and digital methods, collaborative and digital economies. He is Assistant Professor inMedia & Communication within the School of Media, Communication and Sociology, University ofLeicester. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION: From Reaction to Autonomy: Protesting, Resisting and Creating Institutions1. Framing Art & Political Mobilisation2. Revealing the Backstage of an Ethnographic Study of Artists3. Arts Own Activism4. Organising for Being an Institution5. Producing Culture in the Neoliberal CityCONCLUSION: Doing the unthinkable: Becoming Institutions Review At the level of theory the autonomy of art is presented as a problem to be debated and perhaps overcome. But in the lived reality of artists today, during an age of precarity where anything creative is weaponized as part of arts-based gentrification, achieving autonomy for art in a different way is something to be wished for and struggled over. What could an autonomous art institution look like today? Here Alberto Cossu explores the struggles, dreams, lives, and campaigns of those who are struggling to answer that question.Building on the experience of the art center Macao in Milan, and weaving together contemporary debates on art, social movements, class and the creative city, this book makes an excellent contribution not only to the sociology of art, but to contemporary social and political thought in general. Readers will find it full of novel ideas and inspiration!In a moment of perpetual capitalist crisis, artists around the world are mobilizing both for their own benefit and to change society. Alberto Cossus intimate ethnography of Milans radical squatted Macau cultural centre offers us a vital case study of this trend, and shows us the potentials and the pitfalls as artists form new, horizontal institutions. It will be of great benefit not only to scholars following the changing politics and economics of culture, but also to a new generation of artist-activists looking for inspiration and lessons on how to create shared commons for the radical imagination. In his breakthrough study of autonomous cultural institutions, Alberto Cossu tells us that artists are operating at the frontlines of transformative political mobilization, and yet with his uniquely engaged approach to urban research it is Cossu himself who joins the frontline as a new type of socially active ethnographer. Cossus investigation into contemporary forms of bottom-up community organizing will prove to be a requisite reference for transformative artists, scholars, theorists and activists in the foreseeable future. Long Description Alberto Cossus ethnographic research on the MACAO centre in Italy radiates out to questions about what it means to be a modern artist, and how much autonomy is left to the artist in a globalized and politicised world. "Autonomous Art Institutions" provides a unique perspective on the political engagement of artists in order to investigate the reconfiguration of contemporary art practices as they dissolve in social and economic processes. The book provides insight into the making of a radical art institution across seven years of activity, showing how social, cultural and economic elements are appropriated and repurposed by artists in the process. Based on years of sociological research as well as direct involvement of the author in the artistic practices, the book illuminates the spark of society-to-come by examining the doings of artists as they attempt to disrupt the creative city. Review Quote In his breakthrough study of autonomous cultural institutions, Alberto Cossu tells us that artists are operating at the frontlines of transformative political mobilization, and yet with his uniquely engaged approach to urban research it is Cossu himself who joins the frontline as a new type of socially active ethnographer. Cossus investigation into contemporary forms of bottom-up community organizing will prove to be a requisite reference for transformative artists, scholars, theorists and activists in the foreseeable future. Details ISBN1538164302 Author Alberto Cossu Short Title Autonomous Art Institutions Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1538164302 ISBN-13 9781538164303 Format Paperback Subtitle Artists Disrupting the Creative City Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Pages 150 NZ Release Date 2022-05-17 US Release Date 2022-05-17 Publication Date 2022-05-17 UK Release Date 2022-05-17 Alternative 9781786616029 DEWEY 700.6045211 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2022-05-16 Illustrations 12 BW Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135154055;

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