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Spanning a range of practices including kinetic art, happenings, environments, performance, installations, relational and new media art from the 1950s to the present, this critical anthology sheds light on the history and specificity of artworks that only come to life when you - the viewer - are invited to 'do it yourself.' The volume consists of fifteen essays by art historians, critics and curators, which are divided into three sections. Part I addresses the emergence of spectator participation in the 1960s, while Part I brings together in-depth case studies of specific participatory practices in the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s, analysing the issues that they raise in their very modes of operation. The more general critical essays in Part I map out a range of theoretical approaches to the 'do-it-yourself' artwork. Together, the three sections provide invaluable historical perspectives and theoretical tools for scholars, students, artists and readers interested in contemporary art. 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Made from ephemeral materials-cardboard, foil, plastic bags, and packing tape-that the artist describes as \"universal, economic, inclusive, and without any plus-value,\" these works also engage issues of justice, power, and moral responsibility. Hirschhorn (born in Switzerland in 1957) often chooses to place his work in non-art settings, saying that he wants it to \"fight for its own existence.\" In this book, Anna Dezeuze offers a generously illustrated examination of Hirschhorn's \u003ci\u003eDeleuze Monument\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), the second in his series of four \u003ci\u003eMonuments\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeleuze Monument\u003c\/i\u003e-a sculpture, an altar, and a library dedicated to Gilles Deleuze-was conceived as a work open to visitors twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. 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