Art as Social Practice : Technologies for Change (Paperback)

Foreword: The Medium is Not the (Only) Message… Suzanne Lacy Introduction A conversation between xtine Burrough and Judy Walgren Section I: Seeds & Tools Introduction by Natalie Loveless 1. Modest in Nature, We are All Lichen and other Lessons Learned with Carbon Sponge Brooke Singer 2. Pandemic Makeover: Reimagining Place & Community in a Time of Collapse Beverly Naidus 3. Bio-Digital Pathways: Mushrooming Knowledge, Expanding Community Lucy HG Solomon and Cesar Baio (Cesar & Lois) 4. Valises for Camp Ground: Arts, Corrections and Fire Management in the Santa Monica Mountains Kim Abeles 5. Cultivating Techno-Tamaladas Praba Pilar Section II: Windows & Mirrors Introduction by Harrell Fletcher 6. A Human Atlas: Immersive Storytelling for the Twenty-first Century Charissa Terranova in conversation with Human Atlas founder Marcus Lyon 7. Borderland Collective: In Practice and Dialogue A conversation between Jason Reed and Mark Menjivar 8. We Are Worth Everything: Survivors As Themselves Judy Walgren 9. An Interview with Ari Melenciano xtine burrough and Judy Walgren 10. Making Politics: Engaged Social Tactics A conversation between Joseph DeLappe and Laura Leuzzi 11. Social Practice Artworks Chris Johnson Centerpiece Decolonial Healing: In Defense of Spiritual TechnologiesTabita Rezaire Section III: Magical Machines Introduction by Anne Balsamo 12. Space and Time: Science Fiction as an Imaginative Catalyst for Social Change Christopher Blay 13. Witch-Plant-Machine: Speculative Histories and Planetary Justice Margaretha Haughwout 14. Cybernetic Loops and Fermented Technologies of Participatory Poetry: Reflections on the Kimchi Poetry Machine Margaret Rhee 15. Impossible Spaces and Other Embodiments: Co-constructing Virtual Realities Dalida Maria Benfield, Christopher Bratton, Evelyn Eastmond, M Eifler, and Gabriel Pereira 16. One Breath Poem: A Telematic Revolution xtine burrough, Sabrina Starnaman, Leticia Ferreira, Fiona Haborak, and Cynthia O’Neill for LabSynthE Section IV: Expansions Introduction by Stephanie Rothenberg 17. Community Building Through Collaboration Sarah Ruth Alexander 18. Online Intimacies and Artful Life in Turtle Disco Zoomshells Petra Kuppers 19. Community Accessible Archives; What You Leave, When You Leave Gemma-Rose Turnbull 20. living liveness Sylvain Souklaye 21. Being in Between: Challenges of Art Science Collaborations Victoria Vesna and Siddharth Ramakrishnan Section V: Reimagination Introduction by Karen Moss 22. PPE Portrait Project: Image, Ethics, Health Mary Beth Heffernan 23. Can This Be a Community When You’re Trying To Sell Me A Luxury Watch? Rebekah Modrak 24. Justice and Representation Within the Limits of Contemporary Photography Eliza Gregory 25. Technology of Touch: How Craft Can Lead to Social Change Cara Levine