Helguera P. (2011), Education for Socially Engaged Art: A Materials and Techniques Handbook, Lightning Source Inc.

Suggested by: Ginevra Ludovici

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“For too long, Social Practice has been the notoriously fragile flipside of market-driven contemporary art: a world of anxious practitioners, easily satisfied with the feeling of ‘doing good’ in a community, and unaware that their quasi-activist, anti-formalist stances actually have a long artistic lineage and can be critically examined using the tools of art and theatre history. Helguera’s lively manual promises to offer a much-needed critical compass for those adrift in the expanded social field.”
– Claire Bishop, Professor of Contemporary Art and Exhibition History, CUNY, and author of Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship


“This is an extremely timely and thoughtful reference book. Born from extensive empirical experience and research, it provides a curriculum and framework for reflecting on the complexity of socially engaged practices. Positioning the methodologies of this work between disciplines, Helguera draws on histories of performance, pedagogy, sociology, ethnography, linguistics, and community and public practices. Rather than proposing a fixed system, he reveals the temporalities necessary to make these situations possible and meaningful. This is a tool that will allow us to consider the challenges of socially engaged art and move closer to developing a language through which we can represent and discuss its impact.”
– Sally Tallant, Artistic Director of the Liverpool Biennial


“Helguera has produced a highly accessible book that absolutely belongs in the back pocket of anyone interested in teaching or learning about socially engaged art.”
– Tom Finkelpearl, Director of the Queens Museum, New York, and author of Dialogues in Public Art

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