Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major
themes and ideas in contemporary art. An essential collection of
texts reflecting on the cultural and political complexities of
translation in global contemporary artistic practices. The movement
of global populations, and subsequently the task of translation,
underlies contemporary culture: the intricacies of ancient and
modern Jewish diaspora, waves of colonisation and the
transportation of slaves are now superimposed by economic and
environmental migration, forced political exiles and refugees. This
timely anthology will consider translation's ongoing role in
cultural navigation and understanding, exploring the approaches of
artists, poets and theorists in negotiating increasingly protean
identities: from the intrinsic intimacy of language, to
translation's embedded structures of knowledge production and
interaction, to its limitations of expression and, ultimately, its
importance in a world of multiple perspectives. Artists surveyed
include Meric Algun Ringborg, Geta Bratescu, Tanya Bruguera, Chto
Delat, Chohreh Feyzdjou, Susan Hiller, Glenn Ligon, Teresa
Margolles, Shirin Neshat, Helio Oiticica, Pratchaya Phinthong, Kurt
Schwitters, Yinka Shonibare, Mladen Stilinovic, Erika Tan, Kara
Walker, Wu Tsang. Writers include Hannah Arendt, James Baldwin,
Walter Benjamin, Judith Butler, Luis Camnitzer, Jean Fisher, Stuart
Hall, bell hooks, Sarat Maharaj, Martha Rosler, Bertrand Russell,
Simon Sheikh, Gayatri Spivak, Hito Steyerl, Lawrence Venuti.
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