Thriving On Adversity: The Art of Precariousness Export

@article{citeulike:958153, abstract = {Whilst in the expanding global slum survival at subsistance level is increasingly the only option, in the West the celebration of the creativity and ingenuity of the slum dweller is becoming fashionable. In a conflation of relational aesthetics with the 'creative' survival strategies of the globalised slum, many artists have become associated with what could be called 'slum chic'. Anna Dezeuze surveys a number of artists who draw upon the experience of everyday life in the slums to make their work, and tries to separate out the aestheticisation of poverty from the poverty of aesthetics}, author = {Dezeuze, Anna}, citeulike-article-id = {958153}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.metamute.org/en/Thriving-On-Adversity}, day = {5}, journal = {Mute}, keywords = {crisis, informal, precarious, slum, urban}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2006-11-22 22:22:27}, priority = {0}, title = {Thriving On Adversity: The Art of Precariousness}, url = {http://www.metamute.org/en/Thriving-On-Adversity}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:958153 L3 - citeulike-article-id:958153 N2 - Whilst in the expanding global slum survival at subsistance level is increasingly the only option, in the West the celebration of the creativity and ingenuity of the slum dweller is becoming fashionable. In a conflation of relational aesthetics with the 'creative' survival strategies of the globalised slum, many artists have become associated with what could be called 'slum chic'. Anna Dezeuze surveys a number of artists who draw upon the experience of everyday life in the slums to make their work, and tries to separate out the aestheticisation of poverty from the poverty of aesthetics JF - Mute TI - Thriving On Adversity: The Art of Precariousness KW - crisis KW - informal KW - precarious KW - slum KW - urban AU - Dezeuze, Anna PY - 2006/09/05/ UR - http://www.metamute.org/en/Thriving-On-Adversity ER -