Month: April 2015

Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses,” from Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. New York and London: Monthly Review Press, 1972.

April 13, 2015
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Tags: Classic Texts, Marxism, Philosophy, Theory Related posts wa Thiong’o, Ngugi. “Enactments of Power: The Politics of Performance Space,” TDR 41.3, pp. 11-30. 1997. (0) Vacarro, Jeanne. “Give Me an F: Radical Cheerleading and Feminist Performance.” Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory Vol. 14, Issue 2. pp. 43-50. 2005. (0) Tucker, Kenneth H. […]

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Alonzo, Pedro, et. al. Art and Agenda: Political Art and Activism. Berlin, Germany: Gestalten Press, 2011.

April 13, 2015
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Tags: Activism, Contemporary Art Related posts Thompson, Nato. Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. (0) Thompson, Nato, Gregory Sholette, Joseph Thompson, Nicolas Mirzoeff, C. Ondine Chavoya, Arjen Noordeman, and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The Interventionists: Users’ Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life. North Adams, MA: […]

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Adorno, Theodor. “Commitment.” (1962) New Left Review I, 87-88, 1974.

April 13, 2015
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Tags: Aesthetics, Classic Texts, Philosophy, Theory Related posts wa Thiong’o, Ngugi. “Enactments of Power: The Politics of Performance Space,” TDR 41.3, pp. 11-30. 1997. (0) Vacarro, Jeanne. “Give Me an F: Radical Cheerleading and Feminist Performance.” Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory Vol. 14, Issue 2. pp. 43-50. 2005. (0) Tucker, Kenneth H. […]

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Aagerstoun, M. J. , & Auther, E. “Special Issue: Feminist Activist Art.” NWSA Journal: A Publication of the National Women’s Studies Association, 2007, 19 (1).

April 13, 2015
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Tags: Feminism, LGBTQ, Women, Women in Activism Related posts Vacarro, Jeanne. “Give Me an F: Radical Cheerleading and Feminist Performance.” Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory Vol. 14, Issue 2. pp. 43-50. 2005. (0) The Complete Art-Activism Catalog (0) Roy, Carole. “When Wisdom Speaks Sparks Fly: Raging Grannies Perform Humour as Protest.” Canadian […]

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Bryan-Wilson, Julia. Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era. Oxford: University of California Press, 2009.

April 12, 2015
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Tags: Contemporary Art, Feminism, North America, Protest Related posts wa Thiong’o, Ngugi. “Enactments of Power: The Politics of Performance Space,” TDR 41.3, pp. 11-30. 1997. (0) Vacarro, Jeanne. “Give Me an F: Radical Cheerleading and Feminist Performance.” Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory Vol. 14, Issue 2. pp. 43-50. 2005. (0) Thompson, Nato. […]

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About Us

April 12, 2015
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The Art and Activism Catalog is a crowdsourced bibliography of all texts relevant to or in conversation with the emerging field of Artistic Activism. The catalog, conceptualized and founded by Steve Duncombe, has been researched, compiled, and made active online with the assistance of Gabrielle Jensen. The catalog is constantly expanding, and presents an exciting opportunity to craft a […]

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