Tag Archives: value

No Longer Art

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Aaron Glass

The Salvage Art Institute, a New York based project started by artist Elka Krajewska, surveys, catalogues, and investigates the status and value of art objects once they succumb to the effects of decay, damage or destruction. Its mission statement reads: … Continue reading →

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ASSEMBLED CONTEMPORARIES

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Haidy Geismar

By Eugenia Kisin, Anthropology, NYU  “Assemblage has been something that has been part of our fabric, the art historical fabric, since the beginning of time. If you think about the notion of hunters and gatherers, until we became an agricultural … Continue reading →

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The Lives of Property

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Haidy Geismar

Amy Hinterberger, Research Fellow, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford Convened by the BioProperty Research Programme, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, 20 & 21 September 2012 Objects of property have … Continue reading →

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Culture Works

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Haidy Geismar

Reflections on Culture Works: Space, Value and Mobility Across the Neoliberal Americas (NYU Press 2012), Arlene Davila, NYU Anthropology Each book has an ethos, and a lot of my work has been led by a critical angst on the mainstreaming of … Continue reading →

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