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Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War


Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War

Paperback by Steyerl, Hito

Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War

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ISBN:
9781786632449
Publication Date:
19 Feb 2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Verso Books
Pages:
256 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 21 - 22 May 2024
Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War

Description

In Duty Free Art, filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl wonders how we can appreciate, or even make art, in the present age. What can we do when arms manufacturers sponsor museums, and some of the world's most valuable artworks are used as a fictional currency in a global futures market that has nothing to do with the work itself? Can we distinguish between creativity and the digital white noise that bombards our everyday lives? Exploring artefacts as diverse as video games, Wikileaks files, the proliferation of spam, and political actions, she exposes the paradoxes within globalization, political economies, visual culture, and the status of art production.

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