ISBN: 9783956792465

Paperback: 420 pages
Publisher: Sternberg Press, 2016
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 23 x 16.2 x 4.8 cm

Future Imperfect critically examines the role played by cultural institutions in producing present-day and future contexts for the production, dissemination, and reception of contemporary art in the Middle East and North Africa. It offers historical contexts for discussions that have become increasingly urgent in recent years the role of culture in a time of conflict and globalization and an in-depth critique of the state of cultural institutions in an age of political upheaval, social unrest, exuberant cultural activity, ascendant neoliberal forms of privatization, social activism, and regional uncertainty.