ART AND ACTIVISM IN THE AGE OF SYSTEMIC CRISIS/ AESTHETIC RESILIENCE

The volume shows the diverse ways in which artists have sought to confront systemic crises around the globe, searching for new and e nduring forms of building communities and reimagining the political horizon. The authors engage in a dialogue with these artistic ef forts and their histories in particular the earlier artistic activism that was developed during the civil rights era in the 1960s and 70s providing valuable historical insight and new conceptual reflection on the future of aesthetic resilience.