See to believe: the Center for Tactical Magic's sleight of hand
The Bay Area's Center for Tactical Magic has been performing “magical” art interventions since 2000. The Center's work augments traditional activist techniques by offering new conceptions of what art and activism can entail in a contemporary urban context. This article explores how Jacques...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2014-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Aesthetics & Culture |
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Online Access: | http://www.aestheticsandculture.net/index.php/jac/article/download/23713/33422 |
Summary: | The Bay Area's Center for Tactical Magic has been performing “magical” art interventions since 2000. The Center's work augments traditional activist techniques by offering new conceptions of what art and activism can entail in a contemporary urban context. This article explores how Jacques Rancière's reconfigured relationship between art and politics can be applied to the Center's work, providing new distributions of the sensible for participants. |
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ISSN: | 2000-4214 |