Now available in paperback, Markus Miessen tackles the pervasive contemporary overuse of the concept of ''participation'' in the final part of his paradigm-changing trilogy. Supported by a nostalgic veneer of worthiness, phony solidarity and political correctness, participation has become the defaul[...]
"Art and the City" explores the condition of public art in cities. Divided into two volumes shrinkwrapped together--one of color plates, the other of critical discussion--it includes works by artists such as Doug Aitken, Ai Weiwei, Los Carpinteros, Martin Creed, Frank Stella and Oscar Tuazon.[...]
Following the publication of architect/theorist Markus Miessen's hugely successful The Nightmare of Participation, on the politics of participatory practices in architecture, spatial practices and art, and the initiation of the popular pocket series Critical Spatial Practice, comes his timely new bo[...]