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Immersive life practices / edited by Daniel Tucker

Published
Chicago : The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Physical Description
ix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators
Tucker, Daniel, 1983-

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Contents
Preface / Mary Jane Jacob -- Introduction / Daniel Tucker -- Juicy stories, charming details, and historical gossip: the permeating politics of hull-house / Heather Radke -- From Chicago to Denmark / Myles Horton -- New harmony: the hands can't do what the mind can't see / Ben Nicholson -- Cross the threshold: art into precarious life / Brian Holmes -- Parental aesthetics or how to make art and have children, too / Lori Waxman -- From the suburban to the poor farm / Michelle Grabner -- A life project / Nance Klehm interviewed by Daniel Tucker -- Agricultural aesthetics on the urban/rural continuum / Emmanuel Pratt, Donna Neuwirth, and Jay Salinas interviewed by Daniel Tucker -- From Chicago to Mildred's lane / J. Morgan Puett interviewed by Daniel Tucker -- Dr. Charles Smith: house calls / Lisa Stone -- Join when you can, leave when you have to: Chicago's reconciliation trips / Paul Durica -- The jailer's tale: a personal recounting of The couple in the cage / Pablo Helguera -- Drawing the line: Wafaa Bilal's Domestic tension / Carol Becker -- Struggles for life: art and activism take on survival / Daniel Tucker -- Embedded / Theaster Gates interviewed by Jacqueline Stewart -- Call and response: Lucky Pierre / Ellen Rothenberg -- Drifting together / Compass interviewed by Daniel Tucker -- Phil Morton and Jane Veeder: our desired futures and the mobile media art lab / jonCates -- Working through time / Ken Dunn and Dan Peterman interviewed by A. Laurie Palmer -- The land will always be there / Rirkrit Tiravanija interviewed by Mary Jane Jacob -- Eulogy on the death of Michael Piazza (1955-2006) / Bertha Husband -- A glossary / Claire Pentecost.
Summary
Much ink has been spilled on how art intersects with the experiences of everyday life. But what about art grappling with how to live differently? Artists occupy an exceptional space where their livelihood permeates all aspects of life, eroding boundaries between the personal, the professional, and the political. This raises a little-analyzed question: Beyond making a living, how are artists making life? 'Immersive life practices' talks to Chicago-based artists and authors about life as an art practice and art as a life practice. The contributors explore a range of concerns, from how to be holistic, ethical, or practical; to how to balance life and work; to formal questions of how to represent a never-ending project. Some speak fondly of long-term collaborative relationships that sustain their work, while others place emphasis on the physical space in and outside the city as necessary to keep them grounded. Engaging and honest, the essays and interviews in this collection will resonate with anyone working to create a life-and an art-worth living.
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ISBN
9780982879849
0982879849
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Edward J. and Eleanor Black Nichols Library Endowment Fund; 2015.
Purchased with funds from the Edward J. and Eleanor Black Nichols Library Endowment Fund; 2015
Endowment Note
Edward J. and Eleanor Black Nichols Library Endowment Fund
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