Courtney B. Ryan, "Eco-Performance, Art, and Spatial Justice in the US "
English | ISBN: 1032067705 | 2023 | 172 pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | ISBN: 1032067705 | 2023 | 172 pages | PDF | 7 MB
In Eco-Performance, Art, and Spatial Justice in the US, Courtney B. Ryan traces how urban artists in the US from the 1970s until today contend with environmental domestication and spatial injustice through performance.
In theater, art, film, and digital media, the artists featured in this book perform everyday, spatialized micro-acts to contest the mutual containment of urbanites and nonhuman nature. Whether it is plant artist Vaughn Bell going for a city stroll in her personal biosphere, photographer Naima Green photographing Black urbanites in lush New York City parks, guerrilla gardeners launching seed bombs into abandoned city lots, or a satirical tweeter parodying BP’s response to the 2010
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