The ABC of the projectariat: Living and working in a precarious art world by Bowers, Poppy
The ABC of the projectariat: Living and working in a precarious art world by Bowers, Poppy

The ABC of the projectariat: Living and working in a precarious art world

The ABC of the projectariat contributes new thinking on and practical responses to the widespread problem of...
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SKU: 9781526161321
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Author: Poppy Bowers
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The ABC of the projectariat: Living and working in a precarious art world by Bowers, Poppy

The ABC of the projectariat: Living and working in a precarious art world

$42.04
The ABC of the projectariat: Living and working in a precarious art world by Bowers, Poppy

The ABC of the projectariat: Living and working in a precarious art world

$42.04
Author: Poppy Bowers
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
The ABC of the projectariat contributes new thinking on and practical responses to the widespread problem of precarious labour in the field of contemporary art. It works as both a critical analysis and a practical handbook, speaking to and about the vast cohort of artistic freelancers worldwide. In an accessible ABC format, the book strikes a unique balance between the practical and the theoretical: the analysis is backed up by lived experience, the arguments are rooted in concrete examples and there are suggestions for constructive action. Roughly half of the entries expose the structural underpinnings of projects and circulation, isolating traits such as opportunism, neoliberalism, inequality, fear and cynicism at the root of the condition of the projectariat. This discussion is paired with a practical account of different modes of action, such as art strikes, productive withdrawals, political struggles and better social time machines. Just as proletarians had nothing to lose but their chains, the projectarians have nothing to miss but their deadlines.

Author: Poppy Bowers
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 11/23/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781526161321

About the Author
Kuba Szreder is a lecturer in the department of art theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He combines his research with independent curatorial practice. His previous publications include Joy Forever: Political Economy of Social Creativity (2011) and Art Factory: Division of Labor and Distribution of Resources in the Field of Contemporary Art in Poland (2014). In 2018, together with Kathrin Böhm, he initiated Centre for Plausible Economies, a cluster devoted to reimagining economies of contemporary art and utilising artistic imagination to redraw the economy at large.
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