Montažstroj’s Emancipatory Performance Politics

Download or read book Montažstroj’s Emancipatory Performance Politics written by Leo Rafolt and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-07 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the broader theoretical and philosophical context of performance art in former Yugoslavia, focusing on more than three decades of politically engaged performance activity of the Montažstroj group. Their activity is only a starting point for a deeper analysis of some of the key notions of contemporary “art-ivism” in a much broader post-political and globalized context before, during, and after Yugoslavia and its Socialist paradigm collapsed. The author analyzes and sets notions of agonism, engagement, terrorism, post-war trauma, political populism, social Darwinism, participation and publicness, and the public sphere into different theoretical matrixes.