The Human Strike Has Already Begun & Other Essays
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The Human Strike Has Already Begun & Other Essays by Claire Fontaine
In this volume, passionate texts from the last decade by artist and theory collective Claire Fontaine are brought together with an extended concluding essay and foreword. Moving across militant, aesthetic and poetic registers these texts consider what resistance might look like in the age of human capital, where all dimensions of the self are infiltrated and conscripted by capital in its pursuit of value. Their answer is the human strike - a strike against the demands on the self imposed by power - in the interest of 'changing ourselves', becoming who we want to become. This strike has been happening all along, throughout history, but has today reached a peak of political consciousness. This book was commissioned to accompany the Post-Media Lab's 'The Subsumption of Sociality' research theme. Published by Mute Books and Post-Media LabClaire Fontaine is a multidisciplinary artist who exhibits all over the world. She was founded in Paris in 2004 and now lives and works in Palermo, Italy. The Crack-up, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 2017; Camp, Villa Medici, Rome, 2017; Your Money and Your Life, Galerias Municipais, Lisbon, 2019; Too Late to Read, Longtang, Zurich, 2019; Les printemps seront silencieux, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, 2019; La borsa e la vita, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2019; #displaced, St dtische Gallery, Nordhorn Claire Fontaine's work has previously appeared in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Hal Foster is the Princeton University Townsend Martin '17 Professor of Art and Archaeology and the author of Prosthetic Gods (MIT Press) and other books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906496883 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906496889 |
| Title | The Human Strike Has Already Begun & Other Essays |
| Author | Claire Fontaine |
| Series | Post-Media Lab |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mute Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-08-12 |
| Number of pages | 68 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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