{"product_id":"come-closer-the-biennale-reader-9783956795701","title":"Come Closer: The Biennale Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eA reader on issues of race, class, and gender in post-Socialist states from an artworld perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCome Closer: The Biennale Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, published on the occasion of the inaugural Prague biennale, considers the present via counter-hegemonic readings of the past. The book explores various perspectives of class, race, and gender differences in post-socialist states, past and present. In societies today that can seem fragmented, alienated, and sealed-off, a feeling of us and them can potentially emerge. The reliance on a common language to bring people closer often does the opposite, leading to feelings of contempt, anxiety, and fear. By drawing attention to themes of intimacy, care, and empathy, the contributions in this book search for new types of communication that can bring people together. Like language, art can be used to mediate these differences, and to examine issues relating to how people coexist in society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCome Closer\u003c\/i\u003e comprises republished texts as well as newly commissioned contributions from both emerging and established artists, social and political scientists, and art historians from Eastern Europe, Asia, and the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ r me Bazin, Heather Berg, Pavel Berky, Anna Dauč kov , Patrick D. Flores, Isabela Grosseov , V t Havr nek, Marie Iljasenko, Rado Istok, Barbora Kleinhamplov , Eva Koť tkov , Kateřina Liskov , Ewa Majewska, Tuan Mami, Alice Nikitinov , Alma Lily Rayner, Sarah Sharma, Jirka Sk la, Ad la Souralov , Edita Stejskalov , Tereza Stejskalov , Matěj Spurn , Ovidiu Tichindeleanu, Simone Wille\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783956795701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Vit Havranek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38471817560245,"sku":"9783956795701","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8d2f3cc8-d03b-4f00-826e-dbae78c5a4d9.jpg?v=1612932322","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/come-closer-the-biennale-reader-9783956795701","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}