by Jan Verwoert ; ed. by Vivian Sky Rehberg and Melanie Slater
- Author(s)
- Jan Verwoert
- Editor(s)
- Vivian Sky Rehberg, Melanie Slater
- Publication
- Rotterdam ; Berlin : Piet Zwart Institute : Sternberg Press, 2013
- Scope
- 252 Pages, 19 cm.
- ISBN
- 9783956790294
Verwoert’s COOKIE! renders visible the endless emotional labor of setting the stage (for others), poses the thorny question of whether there could ever be a labor union for con-artists (like us), and gestures toward an ethics of disappointment to battle false expectations and as a way to come to terms with the fact that, no matter how you look at it, criticism hurts. Verwoert addresses the forces at the heart of the tragicomedy that making, showing, and critiquing art implicates us in. He honors the basic joys of turning one thing into another, and the miracles of rhythm and rhyme that characterize the residual level of mimetic magic in art. In this key, the unverifiable is practiced daily: bodies are remade, feelings transfigured.
- Person as subject
- Paulina Olowska, Alina Szapocznikow, Karl Holmqvist, Danai Anesiadou
- Keywords
- art theory , art criticism , glitches
- Location
- Cabinet 10 - 4: Kunst ; teksten
- Remarks
- Includes notes
