Artificial Hells is the first historical and theoretical overview of socially engaged participatory art, known in the US as “social practice.” Claire Bishop follows the trajectory of twentieth-century art and examines key moments in the development of a participatory aesthetic.
Source
Bishop, C., 2012. Artificial hells: Participatory art and the politics of spectatorship. Verso Books.
Claire Bishop, "BishopC 2012 Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship", contributed by Tim Schütz, Center for Ethnography, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 17 October 2021, accessed 14 November 2024. http://centerforethnography.org/content/bishopc-2012-artificial-hells-participatory-art-and-politics-spectatorship
Critical Commentary
Artificial Hells is the first historical and theoretical overview of socially engaged participatory art, known in the US as “social practice.” Claire Bishop follows the trajectory of twentieth-century art and examines key moments in the development of a participatory aesthetic.