Come Closer: The Biennale Reader / Matter of Art 2020 – Vít Havránek, Tereza Stejskalová (eds.)

Come Closer: The Biennale Reader presents various perspectives on class, race, and gender differences as they manifest themselves in the speci fic contexts of postsocialist states—in their histories as well as in the present day. The focus is on art as a specific language that can mediate various experiences, whi le centering on emotions, intimacy, and care. This reader includes republished texts as well as n ewly commissioned contributions from both emerging and established artists, social and political scientists, and art historians from Eastern Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Authors: Jérôme Bazin, Heather Berg, Pavel Berky, Anna Daučíková, Patrick D. Flores, Isabela Grosseová, Vít Havránek, Marie Iljašenko, Rado Ištok, Barbora Kleinhamplová, Eva Koťátková, Kateřina Lišková, Ewa Majewska, Tuan Mami, Alice Nikitinová, Alma Lily Rayner, Sarah Sharma, Jirka Skála, Adéla Souralová, Edita Stejskalová, Tereza Stejskalová, Matěj Spurný, Ovidiu Tichindeleanu, Simone Wille