Dystopian and Utopian Impulses in Art Making

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Contemporary Art and Crisis Grace - McQuilten and Daniel Palmer



PART 1: ARTISTIC RESPONSES

1. Beyond the Dystopia-in-Progress: Rehearsing an Indigenized Future 'Australia' Through Public Art - Robert E.Walton and Claire G. Coleman

2. Weentayoothan - Which Way? - Vicki Couzens

3. The Space in Between Us: Photographic Portraiture, Social Distancing and Touch - Cherine Fahd

4. A Melting Landscape: Mapping the Eco-Acoustics of the Swiss Alps - Philip Samartzis

5. Survivalist Samplers: Restoring Sampling Traditions and Utopian Perspectives - Sera Waters

6. Presenting the News Anew - Alison Alder, Marian Crawford and Richard Harding (aka The News Network Project Australia: AA & MC & RH)

7. Practicing Utopias - Sophia Cai, Bigoa Chuol, Gabriela Georges, John Mashar with Tania Canas and Bruno Catalan

Visual Essay 1: Inland Sea - Heather Hesterman



PART 2: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS

8. The Art of Giving Up: Contemporary Artists and Domestic Violence - Madeleine R. Clark

9. Refugees, Neighbours and the Question of Empathy: Jakkai Siributr's There's No Place - Zara Stanhope

10. The Thorny Question of Art and Economy - Nancy Mauro-Flude and Kate Rich

11. Imagine a World Without Zoonotic Viruses - Keely Macarow

12. Writing About Art from Behind an Inclined Rock (A Geological Allegory for the Third Millennium) - Susan Ballard

Visual Essay 2: Lisbon Dreaming - Clare McCracken



PART 3: NEW CURATORIAL APPROACHES

13. Amor Mundi: Towards a Curatorial Ethics for Climate Crisis - Tara McDowell

14. The Gentle Activism of 'Bruised Food': Art and Curation in Times of Crises - Marnie Badham and Francis Maravillas

15. Hong Kong's Utopian Dream: Art, Nostalgia and Identity - Kelly Ka-Lai Chan

16. Thinking With, and Acting From, This Place: Caring In and Through Our Practices - Jacina Leong

Visual Essay 3: Scribble Me This ... - Benjamin Sheppard



PART 4: THE ART SCHOOL REIMAGINED

17. Unsettling Projects: Keeping Art Schools Agile Through Dialogue and Disruption - Fiona Lee

18. Towards Community Praxis in Community-Oriented Art Education - Kelly Hussey-Smith



Notes on Contributors