{"product_id":"artists-agents-performance-art-and-secret-services-9783959053334","title":"Artists \u0026 Agents: Performance Art and Secret Services","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Soviet Bloc secret police surveilled performance art and happenings--and how artists responded\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubversion need not belong to a particular culture: it can come from artists who outwit the state or from intelligence agencies that infiltrate the art scene on behalf of the state. But what happens when the two sides meet? After Eastern Europe's state security archives were opened, it became possible for this interaction to be studied in detail. \u003ci\u003eArtists \u0026amp; Agents\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the Stasi, the KGB and other state secret police monitored happenings, performance art and action art, and looks at the debates they had about the new art form; how the police documented artistic actions, how they manipulated them and sought to thwart them; how artists dealt with the possibility that they were being observed by the secret police; and how they now work with the material stored in state archives. \u003ci\u003e Artists \u0026amp; Agents\u003c\/i\u003e includes work by Sanja Ivekovic, Orange Alternative, Peng! Collective, Daniel Knorr, Cornelia Schleime, Ion Grigorescu and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spector Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783959053334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 6.69w x 1.10d","brand":"Kata Krasznahorkai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122274693301,"sku":"9783959053334","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d95273a1-d6dd-492a-9a7f-8a962f11b788.jpg?v=1766512342","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/artists-agents-performance-art-and-secret-services-9783959053334","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}