Adajania, Nancy, El Baroni, Bassam, Buchmann, Sabeth, Clark, Tom, Collective, Cassandra, Heiremans, Vermeir, Janoscik, Vaclav, Konior, Bogna, Launay, Aude, Enxuto, Joao, Love, Erica, Noorizadeh, Bahar, Poole, Matthew, Saadawi, Chalya, Selim, Adham, Shah, Nishant, Manouach, Ilan, Vishmidt, Marina, Zolghadr, Tirdad and Zuluaga, Natalia, 2022, Book, Between the material and the possible: Infrastructural re-examination and speculation in art Sternberg Press, London. ISBN 978-3-95679-600-5
Abstract or Description: | Over the past decade, a growing number of artists, theorists, curators, and researchers have moved from institutional critique to infrastructural critique, or infrastructural speculation, in which they explore the potential of creative visions and scenarios. In attempts to counter various impasses, art has immersed itself in systemic critiques and propositional thinking, addressing major challenges such as the rampant financialization of the economy and runaway climate change. From questions around space settlements to the possibility of repurposing blockchain and financial instruments for redistributive purposes, from the diagrammatic potential of infrastructural thinking in artistic practices to scenario planning and economic strategizing, this collection of new essays brings together critical analysis from a broad group of contributors. Their interrogations span local and global relationalities, historical and political legacies, as well as future-oriented infrastructural hypotheses. With contributions by: Nancy Adajania, Bassam El Baroni, Sabeth Buchmann, Tom Clark, Cassandra Collective, Vermeir & Heiremans, Václav Janoščík, Bogna Konior, Aude Launay, João Enxuto and Erica Love, Bahar Noorizadeh, Matthew Poole, Ghalya Saadawi, Adham Selim, Nishant Shah, Ilan Manouach and Marina Vishmidt, Tirdad Zolghadr, Natalia Zuluaga and an in conversation of Diakron (David Hilmer Rex and Aslak Aamot Helm) with Adam Marblestone. |
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Contributors: | Contribution Name RCA ID Book producer Van Noord, Gerrie 1910030020510 Editor El Baroni, Bassam |
School or Centre: | School of Arts & Humanities |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | speculation, infrastructure, imagination, possible, art and design |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2025 14:18 |
Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2025 23:25 |
URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6529 |
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