lsquo;a game-changer; a must-read for scholars; students and artists alikersquo; ndash; Tom FinkelpearlAt a time when art world critics and curators heavily debate the social; and when community organizers and civic activists are reconsidering the role of aesthetics in social reform; this book makes explicit some of the contradictions and competing stakes of contemporary experimental art-making.Social Works is an interdisciplinary approach to the forms; goals and histories of innovative social practice in both contemporary performance and visual art. Shannon Jackson uses a range of case studies and contemporary methodologies to mediate between the fields of visual and performance studies. The result is a brilliant analysis that not only incorporates current political and aesthetic discourses but also provides a practical understanding of social practice.
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