Manifesta Journal 10 - Carl Andre; Claire Bishop; Boris Burden

The Curator as Producer

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This issue of Manifesta Journal takes its title from "The Author as Producer," a lecture delivered by Walter Benjamin in 1934 in which he argues that the presumed autonomy of the creator is in fact always oriented toward a deliberate choice or, as he calls it, a "tendency": a political, social, and ethical position. Assuming that the activity of the curator is located within a social context, and that social interactions are determined by relationships of production, MJ #10 emphasizes the authorial role of curators in order to analyze their potential to engage with functional transformations, using their creations to change the models that define social relations. MJ #10 inquires into the different ways in which curators can be producers , expressing their ideas through their practices. Moreover, it seeks to question how such a role affects

the definition of the profession and discipline, and how the curator, forced to operate within the framework of the culture industry and negotiate elements such as enterta...
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2011Uitgever: Silvana Editoriale128 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 8836618251ISBN-13: 9788836618255

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