{"product_id":"what-about-activism-paperback-by-edited-by-steven-henry-madoff","title":"What about Activism? 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In this book, more than twenty of the world's leading curators and thinkers about contemporary art offer powerful case studies from their own work, along with historical and theoretical perspectives, that point the way for cultural producers everywhere to engage audiences in creative forms of protest and advocacy capable of confronting the fierce political challenges of today and tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDefne Ayas, Ute Meta Bauer, Nicolas Bourriaud, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Joshua Decter, Clémentine Deliss, Irmgard Emmelhainz, Boris Groys, Hou Hanru, Pi Li, Maria Lind, Steven Henry Madoff, Antonia Majaca, Gabi Ngcobo, Hans Ulricht Obrist, Jack Persekian with Alison Ramer, María Belén Saéz de Ibarra, Terry Smith, Nato Thompson, Mick Wilson, Brian Kuan Wood, Tirdad Zolghadr\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003eSteven Henry Madoff, an award-winning writer, editor, and poet, has written extensively on contemporary art for such publications as \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and published numerous monographs on leading artists. He is Senior Critic at Yale University's School of Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMick Wilson is an artist, educator, and researcher based in Sweden and Ireland and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Curatorial Conundrum: What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Institutions Think\u003c\/i\u003e (both published by the MIT Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNato Thompson is Chief Curator at the New York–based public arts institution Creative Time. He edited \u003ci\u003eThe Interventionists: Users' Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBecoming Anima\u003c\/i\u003el (both published by the MIT Press) and curated the MASS MoCA exhibitions they accompanied.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHou Hanru is Artistic Director of MAXXI (National museum of 21st Century Arts) in Rome. Xi Bei is Artistic Director of the Times Art Center Berlin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicolas Bourriaud was the co-director of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and an art advisor for the Victor Pinchuk foundation in Kiev. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eL'ère tertiaire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsthétique relationnelle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFormes de vie\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoris Groys is an art critic, media theorist, and philosopher. He is Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University and Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eArt Power\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory Becomes Form: Moscow Conceptualism\u003c\/i\u003e (both published by the MIT Press), and other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntonia Majaca is a curator, and writer based in Berlin and Research Leader at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Graz University of Technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Henry Madoff, an award-winning writer, editor, and poet, has written extensively on contemporary art for such publications as \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and published numerous monographs on leading artists. He is Senior Critic at Yale University's School of Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria Lind is Director of the Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, and former Director of the graduate program at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. 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