Visible: Art as Policies for Care. Socially Engaged Art (2010–Ongoing)

The book Visible: Art as Policies for Care. Socially Engaged Art (2010–Ongoing) was born from the editors’ enduring curatorial research into long-term situated art projects that exist within the social sphere, beyond the logic of the traditional art system, confronting unjust systems, and prefiguring novel visions for living together. The socially engaged art projects collected here hold a significant place in the constantly evolving trans-local art scene of the past two decades, and form a lens through which to observe changing realities and their urgencies. The book is composed of four main sections with overarching photo documentation, collecting contributions by artists, anthropologists, novelists, activists, and sociologists, such as Anna Tsing, Wissal Houbabi, Maria Thereza Alves, Tania Bruguera, Jonas Staal, and Nan Goldin.

"Memorial to 418 Palestinian Villages came into being in a really difficult moment for us. It was during the second intifada, and many were feeling utterly isolated and terrified for our families. So gathering the community together in my studio to embroider the names of destroyed villages was about the 1948 Nakba and simultaneously about the present moment, where we were all feeling unsafe. Mourning together was one of the most important parts of the process of making that work.
Creating a safe space where we could be together, mourn together, sing together, think together, share together. It was a precedent to Dar Jacir." Emily Jacir

Nero (Rome), 2024
English
Softcover, 334 pages
170mm x 240mm