How can one define dissent today? A crack in the sidewalk, an intentional misspelling, a mass protest? "Dissidence" a downloadable #book that compiles artist @micadust work where language embraces, highlights, and amplifies instances of dissent and progress, transforming our perception of politics and our political consciousness.
https://minervacuevas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MC-Mishkin_64pp_22082019.pdf
“ It is 2019 and a presidential election looms in the United States. The current relations between the US and Mexico are more fraught and complex than at any time in recent memory. Asylum seekers are forced back to Mexico or detained under horrifying conditions at the border after risking their lives in the journey north, while an impotent trade deal between the countries slowly collapses, then rebuilds itself, only to collapse once more. But in an era when objection seems almost impossible against the backdrop of growing neoliberal power and an increase in the privatization of public services and spaces, there are cracks subtly emerging. From Long Island City to San Juan to Hong Kong, we see how democratic self-organizing can succeed when combating seemingly impenetrable structures. It is within these cracks that Minerva Cuevas situates her work. Her visual language embraces, highlights, and amplifies instances of dissent and progress, thereby transforming our perception of politics and our political consciousness. The centerpiece of this exhibition is a 25-minute video that began in 2007, titled Disidencia (Dissent), which is appropriately the title of the exhibition itself as well.”
