4/3/2013
It's the Political Economy, Stupid
Depot, Wien
The Global Financial Crisis in Art and Theory. A book edited and organized by two activist artists, Gregory Sholette and Oliver Ressler
The Global Financial Crisis in Art and Theory, London: PlutoPress, 2013. Oliver Ressler in conversation with Luisa Ziaja. "Confrontational, intellectual, and occasionally amusing group show, which squarely aligns itself with the Occupy movement" - The Village Voice praising the exhibition on which the book is based. "It's the Political Economy, Stupid" argues that it is time to push back against the dictates of the capitalist logic and, by use of both theoretical and artistic means, launch a rescue of the very notion of the social. Edited and organized by two activist artists, Gregory Sholette and Oliver Ressler, the project offers a powerful indictment of the current capitalist crisis. The book combines analytical and theoretical responses from internationally acclaimed artists and thinkers including Slavoj Zizek, David Graeber, Judith Butler, John Roberts, Brian Holmes, Julia Brian-Wilson, Liz Park and Kerstin Stakemeier. The book was designed by artist and activist Noel Douglas using visual themes based on graphics derived from Goldman Sachs online stock market pages. An event in cooperation with Open Systems - Zentrum fur Kunstprojekte, Vienna.