What We Want Is Free: Generosity and Exchange in Recent Art (SUNY series in Postmodern Culture) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791462897 ISBN 13: 9780791462898

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2004

Synopsis

Through a variety of lenses, this book examines contemporary artists' use of the "gift"―the distribution of goods and services―as a medium for artistic production. Featuring a detailed survey of over fifty artists' projects from fifteen countries, What We Want Is Free explores how these artists use their projects to connect participants to tangible goods and services that they might need, enjoy, and benefit from. Samples of these various projects include the creation of free commuter bus lines and medicinal plant gardens; the distribution of such services as free housework and computer programming; and the production of community media projects such as free commuter newspapers and democratic low-wattage radio stations.

About this title

About the Author

Ted Purves is Chair of the Graduate Program in Fine Arts at the California College of the Arts.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791462897
• ISBN 13: 9780791462898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 196
• Editor: Purves Ted