Play in the System - The Art of Parasitical Resistance

Acknowledging the difficulty for artists in the twenty-first century to effectively critique systems of power, Anna Watkins Fisher theorizes parasitism—a form of resistance in which artists comply with dominant structures as a tool for practicing resistance from within.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction. Toward a Theory of Parasitical Resistance
Interlude. Thresholds of Accommodation
Part I. Redistribution: Institutional Interventions
1. User Be Used: Leveraging the Coercive Hospitality of Corporate Platforms
2. An Opening Structure: Núria Güell and Kenneth Pietrobono's Legal Loopholes
Part II. Imposition: Intimate Interventions
3. Hangers-On: Chris Kraus's Parasitical Feminism
4. A Seat at the Table: Feminist Performance Art's Institutional Absorption and Parasitical Legacies
Coda. It's Not You, It's Me: Roisin Byrne and the Parasite's Shifting Ethics and Politics
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Anna Watkins Fisher

Summary

Acknowledging the difficulty for artists in the twenty-first century to effectively critique systems of power, Anna Watkins Fisher theorizes parasitism—a form of resistance in which artists comply with dominant structures as a tool for practicing resistance from within.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Watkins Fisher
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781478008842
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0884-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Performancekunst, Medienwissenschaften, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Art & Art Instruction, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, ART / Performance