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Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World

Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World

By Amber Massie-Blomfield

What is the purpose of art in a world on fire? Can it be a genuine form of political resistance?

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 11/05/2024
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781324078753
ISBN-10: 1324078758
Language: English

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What is the purpose of art in a world on fire? In this exhilarating and deeply inspiring work, Amber Massie-Blomfield considers the work of artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers--such as Gran Fury, Billie Holiday, Alexis Wright, Claude Cahun, Rick Lowe, and Joseph Beuys--alongside collectives, communities, and organizations that have used protest sites as their canvas and spearheaded political movements. From writer Ken Saro Wiwa combatting oil pollution in Nigeria and Susan Sontag directing Waiting for Godot in besieged Sarajevo to the women stitching subversive patchworks in Pinochet's Chile and the artist-activists who blocked the building of a new airport in France, with stories drawn from environmentalism, feminism, anti-fascism, and other movements, Acts of Resistance brings together remarkable acts of creativity that have shifted history on its axis.

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Amber Massie-Blomfield is a writer and arts professional. She was previously executive director of renowned theater company Complicité, where she led the first stage adaptation of Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.

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