How Institutions Think: Between Contemporary Art and Curatorial Discourse

Author:   Paul O'Neill (Artistic Director, Publics) ,  Lucy Steeds (Pathway Leader in Exhibition Studies , Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts) ,  Mick Wilson (Head of Department, University of Gothenburg)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
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9780262534321


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 November 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
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"Reflections on how institutions inform art, curatorial, educational, and research practices while they shape the world around us.Contemporary art and curatorial work, and the institutions that house them, have often been centers of power, hierarchy, control, value, and discipline. Even the most progressive among them face the dilemma of existing as institutionalized anti-institutions. This anthology-taking its title from Mary Douglas's 1986 book, How Institutions Think-reconsiders the practices, habits, models, and rhetoric of the institution and the anti-institution in contemporary art and curating. Contributors reflect upon how institutions inform art, curatorial, educational, and research practices as much as they shape the world around us. They consider the institution as an object ofienquiry across many disciplines, including political theory, organizational science, and sociology. Bringing together an international and multidisciplinary group of writers, How Institutions Think addresses such questions as whether institution building is still possible, feasible, or desirable; if there are emergent institutional models for progressive art and curatorial research practices; and how we can establish ethical principles and build our institutions accordingly. The first part, ""Thinking via Institution,"" moves from the particular to the general; the second part, ""Thinking about Institution,"" considers broader questions about the nature of institutional frameworks. Contributors include Natasa Petresin Bachelez, Dave Beech, Melanie Bouteloup, Nikita Yingqian Cai, Binna Choi and Annette Kraus, Celine Condorelli, Pip Day, Clementine Deliss, Keller Easterling and Andrea Phillips, Bassam El Baroni, Charles Esche, Patricia Falgui res, Patrick D. Flores, Marina Grzinić, Stefano Harney and Fred Moten, Alhena Katsof, Emily Pethick, Sarah Pierce, Moses Serubiri, Simon Sheikh, Mick Wilson"

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Author:   Paul O'Neill (Artistic Director, Publics) ,  Lucy Steeds (Pathway Leader in Exhibition Studies , Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts) ,  Mick Wilson (Head of Department, University of Gothenburg)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
ISBN:  

9780262534321


ISBN 10:   0262534320
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 November 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Paul O'Neill, an artist, curator, educator, and writer, is Artistic Director of Publics, Helsinki, and the author of The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture (MIT Press). He is coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum- What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press). Lucy Steeds is Reader in Art Theory and Exhibition History at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. She is coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum- What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press). Mick Wilson is an artist, educator, and researcher based in Sweden and Ireland and coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum- What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press).

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