Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century

by Nato Thompson

Book Overview

A fog of information and images has flooded the world: from advertising, television, radio and film to the information glut produced by the new economy. With the rise of social networking, contemporaries, peers and friends are all suddenly selling us the ultimate product: themselves. Curator and critic Nato Thompson interrogates the implications of these developments for those dedicated to socially engaged art and activism. How can anyone find a voice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612190448
• ISBN13: 9781612190440
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"