When the Sixties Didn't Swing

The thriving 1960s and 70s London art scene was arguably less receptive to artists from beyond Europe and the US. Panelists Rachel Garfield, Amna Malik, Hammad Nasar and Niru Ratnam discuss the impact on artists and art history. In association with Green Cardamom and Aicon Gallery. accessed 12/10/10 http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/shop/product/category_id/22/product_id/712?session_id=12869177789914d3c2bf512e91eae324080249b6a

After Criticism : New Responses to Art and Performance

"Bringing together newly commissioned work from the fields of art history, performance studies, and visual culture with the writings of contemporary artists, After Criticism provides a set of experimental essays that demonstrate how the critical might live on as a vital and efficacious force within contemporary culture" -- p. [4] of cover

A Sense of Viidu: The (Re)creation of Home by the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Australia

This book is the first compilation of the experiences of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Australia. It explores the theme of home—from what is left behind to what is brought or (re)created in a new space—and all the complex processes that ensue as a result of leaving a land defined by conflict. The context of the book is unique since it focuses on the ten-year period since the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009. Although the war has officially come to an end, conflict continues in diverse and insidious forms, which we present from the point of view of those who have left Sri Lanka. The multidisciplinary nature of the book means that various aspects of Sri Lankan Tamil experiences are documented including trauma, violence, resettlement, political action, cultural and religious heritage, and intergenerational transmission. This book draws on qualitative methods from the fields of history, geography, sociology, sociolinguistics, psychology and psychiatry. Methodological enquiries range from oral histories and in-depth interviews to ethnography and self-reflexive accounts. To complement these academic chapters, creative contributions by prominent Sri Lankan artists in Australia seek to provide personalised and alternative interpretations on the theme of home. These include works from playwrights, novelists and community arts practitioners who also identify as human rights activists

Locus Solus : Site, Identity, Technology in Contemporary Art

This publication documents selected “site-determined” projects commissioned by LOCUS + (an arts organization based in England). It includes theoretical essays on selected artists’ works by Stallabrass (on theme of site), Ratnam (on theme of identity) and Broekman (on theme of technology), as well as reviews by seven authors. A wide range of subjects are discussed – space, time, site-specificity, monumentality, memory, self-fashioning, nuclear technology, realism, virtual reality, capitalism and globalization – in relation to artworks by P. Saint George, P. Naldi, W. Kirkup, L.P. Yuxweluptun, M. Wallinger, S. Cullen, S. Gec and C. Hesse-Honegger. Includes brief descriptions of 39 projects initiated by LOCUS + between 1993-2000. Brief biographical notes on authors. Circa 120 bibl. ref