- ISSN: 2055-2823
- E-ISSN: 2055-2831
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f The heart of darkness
- Source: JAWS: Journal of Arts Writing by Students, Volume 1, Issue 1, Jan 2015, p. 45 - 53
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- 01 Jan 2015
Abstract
Abstract
Examining the controversial art practice of Dutch artist Renzo Martens, this article examines the ‘heart of darkness’ beating within contemporary social practice. Written for a collection of texts on the theme of ‘exchange’ and concentrating on Martens’s most recent project, the Institute for Human Activities (IHA), based on a Congolese plantation, this piece asks what is really exchanged through participation in social art and who really benefits.
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