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Grapengiesser, Gustaf Dempe Duse LU (2020) STVK02 20192
Department of Political Science
Abstract
One of todays most refined contemporary art institutions resides in a former oil fired turbine plant. Here at Tate Modern, named after the sugar magnate Henry Tate, the activist group Liberate Tate initiates a six year battle over the prerogative concerning a sponsorship deal with the oil giant BP. It is a battle over the discourse of climate change, extraction of natural resources and profit use for cultural imperialism. The battle goes on between 2010 and 2016 when the sponsorship suddenly is terminated. What happened
Using Carol Bacchis What’s the problem represented to be as method, and with Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben as theoretical backdrop, this thesis pays interest to the potentially sovereign authority of... (More)
One of todays most refined contemporary art institutions resides in a former oil fired turbine plant. Here at Tate Modern, named after the sugar magnate Henry Tate, the activist group Liberate Tate initiates a six year battle over the prerogative concerning a sponsorship deal with the oil giant BP. It is a battle over the discourse of climate change, extraction of natural resources and profit use for cultural imperialism. The battle goes on between 2010 and 2016 when the sponsorship suddenly is terminated. What happened
Using Carol Bacchis What’s the problem represented to be as method, and with Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben as theoretical backdrop, this thesis pays interest to the potentially sovereign authority of the author function. Primarily it discusses potentials and implications associated with artistic agency in the public realm for political reasons. (Less)
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One of todays most refined contemporary art institutions resides in a former oil fired turbine plant. Here at Tate Modern, named after the sugar magnate Henry Tate, the activist group Liberate Tate initiates a six year battle over the prerogative concerning a sponsorship deal with the oil giant BP. It is a battle over the discourse of climate change, extraction of natural resources and profit use for cultural imperialism. The battle goes on between 2010 and 2016 when the sponsorship suddenly is terminated. What happened
Using Carol Bacchis What’s the problem represented to be as method, and with Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben as theoretical backdrop, this thesis pays interest to the potentially sovereign authority of... (More)
One of todays most refined contemporary art institutions resides in a former oil fired turbine plant. Here at Tate Modern, named after the sugar magnate Henry Tate, the activist group Liberate Tate initiates a six year battle over the prerogative concerning a sponsorship deal with the oil giant BP. It is a battle over the discourse of climate change, extraction of natural resources and profit use for cultural imperialism. The battle goes on between 2010 and 2016 when the sponsorship suddenly is terminated. What happened
Using Carol Bacchis What’s the problem represented to be as method, and with Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben as theoretical backdrop, this thesis pays interest to the potentially sovereign authority of the author function. Primarily it discusses potentials and implications associated with artistic agency in the public realm for political reasons. (Less)
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author
Grapengiesser, Gustaf Dempe Duse LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En studie av politisk handling som konstnärlig praktik
course
STVK02 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
political agency, author function, public realm
language
Swedish
id
8999682
date added to LUP
2020-03-02 09:38:31
date last changed
2020-03-02 09:38:31
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  abstract     = {{One of todays most refined contemporary art institutions resides in a former oil fired turbine plant. Here at Tate Modern, named after the sugar magnate Henry Tate, the activist group Liberate Tate initiates a six year battle over the prerogative concerning a sponsorship deal with the oil giant BP. It is a battle over the discourse of climate change, extraction of natural resources and profit use for cultural imperialism. The battle goes on between 2010 and 2016 when the sponsorship suddenly is terminated. What happened
Using Carol Bacchis What’s the problem represented to be as method, and with Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben as theoretical backdrop, this thesis pays interest to the potentially sovereign authority of the author function. Primarily it discusses potentials and implications associated with artistic agency in the public realm for political reasons.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vi är institutionen}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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