Occupation as Art. Public Space for Creating
Occupation as Art. Public Space for Creating

Summary/Abstract: Taking the Occupy Wall Street protests as a point of departure, this project attempts to find a formal affinity between art and this type of occupation. The analysis also encompasses ACTA and the commotion surrounding the squats in Warsaw. This type of action creates unity through performance. All kinds of “-isms” (feminism, postcolonialism, etc.) form a background for the protestors’ statements. According to the artist, this is where the political joins the artistic. Public space as art, as an ephemeral, performative act, stands in opposition to the notion of art as public space.

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