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Copyright ©2010 by apexart Published by apexart Alright reserved. No pat ofthis book may be reproduced by ‘any means without the written permission ofthe publisher hying the ules Ateshe Tinting Ateratve Space Estey Seven and and Hester Kure Me SP2CeS San 7eetsssser a ‘aboaqr3a "Cort Studes2. Cua studs 3. Art History Printedin Us. apexart H Church iNew Yor fora 212431 5970 £646 627 24a? Prmvapera. Inloasperarorg Contents Preface Introduction Alternative Time and instant ‘Audience (The Public Program aan Alternative Space) ‘Alternatives & Aphorisms, Salon & Spectacle Searching for Tomorrow's Altemative China, Vietnam and Cambodia TANAS-the alternative “alternative space” What Now? Tributary oF Source? An, Activism and Theory OF Several Minds Over Time “The Fores inthe Clearing The Weak Universalism ‘Asterix & the Big Fight: Prony ‘Wars, Temporary Coalitions Fying Solo: Rules to Live By Lightness ofthe Dissident, Brightness of the Critical Ming Cover image Credits 2 3 ar 64 n 106 7 131 143 154 m Pablo Helguera Robert Atkins Biljana Circ René Block Irene Batsos Raphael Rubinstein Marina Grinic Julie Ault Renaud Ego Boris Groys ‘Naeem Mohaiemen ‘Winslow Burleson Sofija Grandakovska ‘ and bondage 10 dominant isttton ade, Subordinate and 2 rebeliOus, perhaps crogucing ut Bah for eicalyconstuctne ates ard sacs te to reject the term a8 2 label. The more rag = set Julie Ault more kel it 510 resist the t00, “We are not Cf Several Minds Over Time ‘a much-echoed sentiment that detes simple and ts dynamics. Resisting the label postions ma 2 cere: mayb not center center, but central ina given context. the ot 9 These not st word games, tdentfications and retusa: have rl consequences n ‘he folowing ces rom earier wring, and the current observation we sytem, te real word that flow then tack my thinking on the import and inten of aerate srs in the at fl. Fst is an excerpt fom tie “Anarchy, hierarchy invodcon tothe atalogue that accompanied the exhibition Cua The art world system. The social, economic, ant plc ase nd Economies Hiss om the Alematve Arts Movement. WC, 1s, {ores that determine andiatlvence what hgpers the elie which aad the owt, deine, and then-current potential an arena that has no central governing boo, a oac which ternative ars near, The second excerpt derives from my intoscion antagonistic, competitive, and harmenous sisal an had 10 Atemstne Art New York, 1965-1985, the book that ext flaonships occur. But of course, structures encowane cen bhaos ‘tom that inauiy begun several years earlier. This second piece rele: ‘and penalize those who do not respond. £m tikig in the eary 2000, 25 the nation of alternative appeared Superficial, the art word configuration of ries nsios srt ie otal became history. These revised locked in relatity defines ite along Viton ant ey else lowe Some thoughts that emerge from considering apa tmctons—between aerate and mart, ml a a Feat” othe cient wantin between alternative thin! ‘abordinate and dominant. Specalzton and ineaepesece 2 art and aerate space. combed mad hand. Whatever the detais, the system sti opts ned ey the eater wring town the details, thes oe OUD was at sa ie Sunda pel postal te them hee, 8 at key moments of shift, and cmb mental question ares rom ap ae tons tote "MEM, the contextual condition of word 9s «stem, What are th eltons win oa se” AE subject, "efr to interactions between elements, and the pasts 1 thes at 35% each other, The arrangement of units 3 rope yy sane, The very word aheen Yt dey? (1995) °F the elements themselves ed sates senate produces ve sign facing aerate se fd maine, an aoe SS arguments. owe se cg Bafa lea fing terse 09 one, Naming oe SaNecUsy an opening uP 22° Tet oF bureaucracy and hierar. OPE 9 at nese a from ity in ‘asin eal of03 Hteratve sets up both distance "Y in programming as wel 35 in

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