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Autonomous Art Institutions

Artists Disrupting the Creative City
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Alberto Cossu's ethnographic research on the MACAO centre in Italy radiates out to questions about what it means to be a modern artist, and how much autonomy is left to the artist in a globalized and politicised world. "Autonomous Art Institutions" provides a unique perspective on the political engagement of artists in order to investigate the reconfiguration of contemporary art practices as they dissolve in social and economic processes. The book provides insight into the making of a radical art institution across seven years of activity, showing how social, cultural and economic elements are appropriated and repurposed by artists in the process. Based on years of sociological research as well as direct involvement of the author in the artistic practices, the book illuminates the spark of society-to-come by examining the doings of artists as they attempt to disrupt the 'creative city'.
Alberto Cossu is Assistant Professor in media and communication within the School of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester. He is a sociologist, researching the intersection between digital media and activism, qualitative and digital methods, collaborative and digital economies.
INTRODUCTION: From Reaction to Autonomy: Protesting, Resisting and Creating Institutions 1. Framing Art & Political Mobilisation 2. Revealing the Backstage of an Ethnographic Study of Artists 3. Art's Own Activism 4. Organising for Being an Institution 5. Producing Culture in the Neoliberal City CONCLUSION: Doing the unthinkable: Becoming Institutions
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