Provoking the Freeport Magic
Art Assemblage in Late Capitalism
$38.82
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2025
Summary
What is magic? And what can it do? In this book, Jessica Backsell interrogates the magic of the art world and culture’s stubborn habit of foregrounding art as representative of an alternative value system.
Through the empirical example of the freeport-luxury warehouses where valuable art is stored for preservation and taxation purposes-Backsell explores the implications of understanding the art world through contingent entanglements and practices. Examining the contested site of the f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783956796227 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3956796225 |
| Author: | Jessica Inez Backsell |
| Publisher: | Sternberg Press |
| Imprint: | Sternberg Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 192mm x 130mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Sternberg Press / Experiments in Art and Capitalism |
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About The Author
Jessica Inez Backsell
Jessica Inez Backsell conducts her PhD studies at Stockholm School of Economics where she also teaches matters of spatial and legal construction of markets. She explores the organization of markets from a practice perspective, drawing upon theories from both classical anthropology and postmodern philosophy. She also takes part in spurring dialogues between artists and intellectuals through her engagement in SSE Art Initiative.
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