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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"activist art"”.
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Embodied Dissent: Exploring the Activist Turn in Contemporary Cuban Art
… son los derechos de los escritores y de los artistas, revolucionarios o no revolucionarios? Dentro de la Revolución, todo; contra la Revolución, ningún derecho’. These words have permeated the Cuban art scene ever since, with some artists choosing to work within Castro’s prescribed ideals and …
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The International Rise of Afro-Brazilian Modernism in the Age of African Decolonization and Black Power
<p>Two competing artistic representations of Brazilian blackness emerged from 1966 to 1988. The first began in 1966 when the Brazilian government positioned itself as a leading diplomatic partner for newly independent African nations by showcasing black Brazilian art in West Africa. Through …
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The South Korean “Meta-Avant-Garde,” 1961–1993: Subterfuge as Radical Agency
… examines South Korean performance and conceptual art from 1961 to 1993 during the Cold War military dictatorship, and focuses on the dynamics of socio-political tension between the military dictatorship and the opposition of political dissidents comprised mostly of artists, students, and …
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Beside engagement: a queer and feminist reading of socially negotiated art through dialogue, love, and praxis
… constructs a concept of socially negotiated art as an emergent practice. Displacing a socially engaged art, it uses a methodology of “beside” (Sedgwick, 2003) to explore the affective and corporeal relations that are made, maintained, and transformed as part of the artistic process. The …
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Performative Riffing: Theory, Praxis, and Politics in Movie Riffing and Embodied Audiencing Rituals
… the degree to which audiences actively participate in the process of making sense of mediated texts. How capable are media consumers of comprehending and responding to texts containing oppressive discourses? If pop culture is vital in shaping what it means to belong to a culture, can …
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Queering Up for Battle
… I explore the potential for interwar European art to serve as a catalyst for the contemporary Queer rights movement. Drawing on the works of Remy Jungerman, LJ Roberts, michá cardenas, and Joar Nango, alongside the insights of Queer theorists Lisa Duggan and José Esteban Muñoz, I analyze my own …