Publicum [electronic resource].

European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies 2004

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Whereas the concept of the public sphere was booming in the 1980s and 90s, now more and more it seems to be examined critically in discursive and political contexts, and at the same time, as a point of reference for emancipatory practices, it appears to have gone out of fashion. In the art field a growing trend to address partial public spheres / communities has become evident. Here the concept of “art for all” that was previously understood as an emancipatory concept is in danger of being overrun by customer-orientation and audience fetishism in a neoliberal context. The current focus examines the double meaning of “publicum” in a series of articles from the fields of political theory, art criticism and activist practice.
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Art criticism
Critical Theory
Culture and globalization
Political art
Public Art

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Linda M. G. Zerilli
Nancy Fraser
Paolo Virno
Maria Galindo
Stefan Nowotny
Simon Sheikh
Alex Demirovic
Oliver Marchart
Miwon Kwon
Marion Hamm