{"title":"featured","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"making-matters-a-vocabulary","title":"Making Matters. A Vocabulary for Collective Arts","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe world today faces overwhelming ecological and social problems and the concern for material existence on earth is more pressing than ever. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaking Matters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003espells out various roles that visual artists and designers play facing these issues. Collective action is necessary and inevitable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollective action often changes the artist’s identity and working habits: from individuality and autonomy to collectivity and collaboration, both locally and globally. These developments have given rise to new kinds of collective art and design practices: artists work together with non-artists, make products for their local environment and take on multiple identities, such as researcher, community activist, computer hacker or business consultant. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaking Matters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e looks at art practices across all continents that do not conform to a Western concept of art nor to traditional distinctions between art, design, research and activism—where the boundaries between art, design, research and activism become blurred or are dissolved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe entries in this vocabulary experiment with concepts and keywords of current art practices that may no longer be recognizable as art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesign:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hackersanddesigners.nl\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHackers \u0026amp; Designers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditors: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanneke Wesseling, Florian Cramer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContributors:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  Aliens in Green, a.pass \/ Lilia Mestre, Florian Cramer, Display Distribute \/ Elaine W. 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The book contains two interacting narratives: text (seven chapters) and a parallel montage of images. It delves deeply into the different practices, iconologies, rituals, protest and media strategies, as well as into politics and concludes with a reflection on how the effigy protests act as a symptom of fundamental conflicts at the limits of contemporary liberal democracy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith many images from the United States, Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan, and many other areas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/floriangoettke.com\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlorian Göttke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesign:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.samdegroot.nl\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSam de Groot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/valiz.nl\/en\/publications\/vis-a-vis-series\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003evis-à-vis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/floriangoettke.com\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlorian Göttke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a visual artist, researcher, and writer based in Amsterdam. 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His book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToppled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an iconological study of the toppled statues of Saddam Hussein, was nominated for the Dutch Doc Award 2011.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 2021, Valiz | 320 pp. | 23,4 x 16,5 cm | English | ISBN 978-94-92095-96-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"entropy.press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54062726807898,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/5762\/0826\/files\/Artboard_2_copy_2.jpg?v=1781598384"},{"product_id":"on-the-necessity-of-gardening-an","title":"On the Necessity of Gardening. 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In medieval art, the garden was a reflection of paradise, a place of harmony and fertility, shielded from worldly problems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowever, the garden is not just a neutral place and intended solely for personal pastime, it is a place where the world manifests itself and where the relationship between culture and nature is expressed. In the eighteenth century this image shifted: the garden became a symbol of worldly power and politics. The Anthropocene, the era in which man completely dominates nature with disastrous consequences, is forcing us to radically rethink the role we have given nature in recent decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a renewed interest in the theme of the garden among contemporary makers. 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