Artivism and the para-institution. The Partisan Café and Museum of Burning Questions, Bergen Assembly 2016
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This article presents a case study of the assembled events of The PartisanCafé and The Museum of Burning Questions, curated by the transnational groupfreethought as part of their contribution to the Bergen Assembly 2016. It is arguedthat the assemblage forms an experiment to materialize present theories of radicaldemocracy and the radical art institution, respectively, and take the form of apara-institutional artivism. On this ground, and drawing on the concept of theassemblage, it is discussed what the outcome and learning of the experiment mightbe. The events played simultaneously in the city and on social platforms such asFacebook, mixlr and vimeo and together with released material on the internetfrom freethought these resources provide the empirical base of the case study. Theauthors participated in the opening week of September 2016 and the analyses aresupported by on site observation.
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In Denmark and the Nordic countries, as in other parts of the world, museums have turned to participation as a strategy to transform the museum as public institution.
“In Denmark and the Nordic countries, as in other parts of the world, museums have turned to participation as a strategy to transform the museum as public institution (Eriksson et al., 2020; Gether et al., 2017; Schwartz & Sørensen, 2018; Sørensen, 2016).”
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Sørensen, A. S. (2021) · Experimental Museology · doi:10.4324/9780367808433-11-15
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- Schwartz, C. P., & Sørensen, A. S.
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- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
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- Nordisk Museologi
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- University of Oslo Library
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art, Politics, and Modernism
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Contemporary art, education, critique
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Libraries and Information Services
- Keywords
- artivism, assemblage theory, radical democracy, freethought
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