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Soft power, a conversation for the future, edited by Eungie Joo ; [art by] Haig Aivazian [and 19 others] ; with texts by Manthia Diawara [and many others]

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Soft power

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edited by Eungie Joo ; [art by] Haig Aivazian [and 19 others] ; with texts by Manthia Diawara [and many others]

a conversation for the future

"Timely and provocative, SOFT POWER is an exhibition about the ways in which artists deploy art to explore their roles as citizens and social actors. Appropriated from the Reagan-era term used to describe how a country's 'soft' assets such as culture, political values and foreign policies can be more influential than violence or coercion, the title SOFT POWER suggests a contemplation on the potential of art and offers a provocation to the public to exert their own influence on the world...." --, From the SFMOMA opening statementAn exhibition of recent work and new commissions by 20 artists from around the world organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. These artists understand themselves as social actors, question their responsibility as citizens and are active in their role as public intellectuals and provocateurs who use their platforms to engage directly in social, political and environmental concerns or to highlight them in their work. As such, SOFT POWER demonstrates art's 'soft' ability to showcase ideas and send them into the world. --, Adapted from Rizzoli

Édouard Glissant's poetics of trembling / Manthia Diawara -- A splinter to the heart: on the possibility of Afro-pessimist aesthetics (Ben Okri variation) / Adrienne Edwards -- The last of the revolutionaries bow down / Yasmine El Rashidi with Cleopatra Obertis -- An ear that truly listens / Jason Moran in conversation with jessie little doe baird and IONE -- Who is afraid of ideology? Ecofeminist practices between internationalism and globalism / Marwa Arsanios -- A conversation for the future / Eungie Joo -- Artist pages with texts by Magdalyn Asimakis, Athena Athanasiou, Karma R. Chávez, Thanavi Chotpradit, Haytham El-Wardany, Cevdet Erek, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Stamatina Gregory, Marcela Guerrero, Max Haiven, Brian Keith Jackson, Eungie Joo, Hassan Khan, Naeem Mohaiemen, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Meg Onli, Uhuru Phalafala, and Jovanna Venegas