Casual Encounters [electronic resource].

Noxious Sector Press 2021

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A mattress, conceived as a place to crash, together. A hot tub, imagined as a site to encounter the end of the world. In times of networked connectivity what’s perhaps more radical than embracing virtuality is to think about the stakes of the body, community, and personal encounter. These are themes engaged by the work of performance artist Cindy Baker, whose projects speculate on the forms of intimacy and interaction that art is capable of generating. In Baker’s words, her art uses the medium of “context” in order to explore questions of community engagement and social inquiry. Brought together by Baker as catalyst, the contributors to this volume share a spirit of creative community and the belief in context as an important element of transformative social practice.
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Art criticism
Performance Art

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Cindy Baker
Ted Hiebert
Théo Bignon
Richard Boulet
Blair Brennan
Michelle Lacombe
Aaron McIntosh
Mary-Anne McTrowe
Veronika Merklein
Mikiki
Christine Negus
Shanell Papp
Kristin Rodier
Zoë Schneider
Stefanie Snider
Amanda Boetzkes
David Cecchetto