Future imperfect : contemporary art practices and cultural institutions in the Middle East /
edited by Anthony Downey.
- Visual culture in the Middle East ; 3 .
"Ibraaz is the research and publishing initiative of the Kamel Lazaar Foundation."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Regional contexts: fragmentary networks and historical antagonisms -- Filling the gaps : arts infrastructures and institutions in post-dictatorship Libya / Artists and institution building in situ: the case of Morocco / In the absence of institutions : contemporary cultural practices in Algeria / Social practices and institutional realignments in Tunisia since 2010 / Making stories visible: institutions and art histories in Yemen / On the ground: cultural institutions in Iraq today / On the closing of Sada for Iraqi art / Designing the future: what does it mean to be building a library in Iraq? / Collective institutions: the case of Palestine / Playing against invisibility : negotiating the institutional politics of cultural production in Palestine / -- Hadia Gana -- Lea Morin -- Yasmine Zidane -- Wafa Gabsi -- Anahi Alviso-Marino -- Adalet R. Garmiany -- Rijin Sahakian -- AMBS Architects -- Jack Persekian in conversation with Anthony Downey --
Future Imperfect critically examines the role played by cultural institutions in producing present-day and future contexts for the production, dissemination, and reception of contemporary art in the Middle East and North Africa. It offers critical contexts for a discussion that has become increasingly urgent in recent years - the role of culture in a time of conflict and globalization - and an in-depth critique of the historical state of cultural institutions in an age of political upheaval, social unrest, exuberant cultural activity, ascendant neoliberal forms of privatization, social activism, and regional uncertainty. Based on collective input from numerous contributors and interlocutors, this volume brings together internationally renowned academics, critics, activists, filmmakers, artists, and other independent cultural practitioners to consider how new infrastructures and institutions can effectively emerge within such fraught and dynamic contexts.
9783956792465
17,A14 dnb
1122353308 DE-101
Art--Middle East.
Art--Africa, North.
Art museums--Middle East.
Art museums--Africa, North.
700 / DOW 2016
"Ibraaz is the research and publishing initiative of the Kamel Lazaar Foundation."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Regional contexts: fragmentary networks and historical antagonisms -- Filling the gaps : arts infrastructures and institutions in post-dictatorship Libya / Artists and institution building in situ: the case of Morocco / In the absence of institutions : contemporary cultural practices in Algeria / Social practices and institutional realignments in Tunisia since 2010 / Making stories visible: institutions and art histories in Yemen / On the ground: cultural institutions in Iraq today / On the closing of Sada for Iraqi art / Designing the future: what does it mean to be building a library in Iraq? / Collective institutions: the case of Palestine / Playing against invisibility : negotiating the institutional politics of cultural production in Palestine / -- Hadia Gana -- Lea Morin -- Yasmine Zidane -- Wafa Gabsi -- Anahi Alviso-Marino -- Adalet R. Garmiany -- Rijin Sahakian -- AMBS Architects -- Jack Persekian in conversation with Anthony Downey --
Future Imperfect critically examines the role played by cultural institutions in producing present-day and future contexts for the production, dissemination, and reception of contemporary art in the Middle East and North Africa. It offers critical contexts for a discussion that has become increasingly urgent in recent years - the role of culture in a time of conflict and globalization - and an in-depth critique of the historical state of cultural institutions in an age of political upheaval, social unrest, exuberant cultural activity, ascendant neoliberal forms of privatization, social activism, and regional uncertainty. Based on collective input from numerous contributors and interlocutors, this volume brings together internationally renowned academics, critics, activists, filmmakers, artists, and other independent cultural practitioners to consider how new infrastructures and institutions can effectively emerge within such fraught and dynamic contexts.
9783956792465
17,A14 dnb
1122353308 DE-101
Art--Middle East.
Art--Africa, North.
Art museums--Middle East.
Art museums--Africa, North.
700 / DOW 2016
