Breaking Free: Queer Temporality and Collaborative Art: A Guide to the Radical Power of Self-Exclusion - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9083449831 ISBN 13: 9789083449838

Publisher: Set Margins' publications, 2025

Synopsis

Open-source tools and ideas for creating, activating and experiencing art

Based on an idea by Hélio Oiticica and brought to life by Lieven De Boeck, Breaking Free offers a dynamic fusion of artmaking tools, including stitching, painting and performing, to explore queer identity.

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From the Back Cover

This guide offers manuals to stitch, paint and identify appropriate wear, a script to perform and stimulating ideas and experiences. 'Breaking Free: Queer Temporality and Collaborative Art' is a celebration of collective creativity and self-expression, offering a dynamic fusion of artistic tools to explore and to queer identity. Inspired by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica and brought to life by queer artist LDB+ (Lieven De Boeck), this manual blend academic insight, artistic practice, and lived experiences. Through stitching, painting, and performing, this book guides and invites participants to engage in collaborative art making while challenging traditional norms. Highlighting the strength of community, the book offers open-source tools, ideas for creating, activating, and experiencing art in dynamic and transformative ways.

Edition details

• Publisher: Set Margins' publications
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9083449831
• ISBN 13: 9789083449838
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: De Boeck Lieven