Art As Demonstration: A Revolutionary Recasting of Knowledge - Sven Spieker (MIT Press) rosemary mayer Edited by Jennifer Chert

Edited by Jennifer Chert

Each text could be imagined as a stanza in a song

they are documents of defiance against state violence

raising questions about the nature and stakes of the interpretations the articles call forth

Art As Demonstration: A Revolutionary Recasting of Knowledge - Sven Spieker (MIT Press) rosemary mayer Edited by Jennifer ChertDemonstration, in short, says: See here. It is the practice of pointing to something in order to explain or contest it. As such, Sven Spieker argues that demonstration has helped reshape art from the height of the Cold War to the late twentieth century, reformatting our understanding of how art and political engagement relate to each other. Focusing on Western Europe (especially Germany), Eastern Europe, and the United States, Art as Demonstration