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The ABC of the Projectariat: Living and Working in a Precarious Art World

The ABC of the Projectariat: Living and Working in a Precarious Art World

Szreder, Kuba

Paperback

Series: Whitworth Manuals

LaborBusiness of ArtGeneral Art

Publisher Price: $18.95

ISBN10: 152616132X
ISBN13: 9781526161321
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Nov 23 2021
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.80
Language: English

The ABC of the projectariat contributes new thinking on and practical responses to the widespread problem of precarious labour in the field of contemporary art. It works as both a critical analysis and a practical handbook, speaking to and about the vast cohort of artistic freelancers worldwide.

In an accessible ABC format, the book strikes a unique balance between the practical and the theoretical: the analysis is backed up by lived experience, the arguments are rooted in concrete examples and there are suggestions for constructive action. Roughly half of the entries expose the structural underpinnings of projects and circulation, isolating traits such as opportunism, neoliberalism, inequality, fear and cynicism at the root of the condition of the projectariat. This discussion is paired with a practical account of different modes of action, such as art strikes, productive withdrawals, political struggles and better social time machines. Just as proletarians had nothing to lose but their chains, the projectarians have nothing to miss but their deadlines.

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