The Art Of Being Many: Towards A New Theory And Practice Of Gathering (culture & Theory)

Since 2010 we have witnessed new ways of assembling, which have made the word »democracy« sound important again. These practices may not have led to the political changes we had hoped for. Nevertheless, we are convinced of their importance. This book wants to acknowledge them as a starting point for a new art of being many: The »many« invoke new concepts of collectivity by renegotiating their modes of participation and (self-)presentation and by rewriting rhetorical, choreographical, and material scripts of assembling. This volume is inspired and informed by the square-occupations and neighborhood assemblies of the »real democracy« movements as well as by recent explorations of the assembly form in performance art and participatory theatre. Content Rehearsing the Art of Being Many Introduction Theories of The Assembly Calling Assemblies. The Many as a Real Fiction The Labour and Leisure of Performing the Many Consensus. The Togetherness of Those Who Would Not Wait for One Another From the People to the Many and Maybe Back? Magic Assembling Bodies in New Ecologies of Existence. The Real Democracy Experience as Politics Beyond Representation The Art of Being Uncanny Un/Easy Resonance. The Critical Plural Materials of The Assembly Coming Together, Coming Apart. A Soundtrack for the Journey to an Assembly The Art of Being Many. A Critical Review Assemblies In Theatres, Biennials, Museums. The Failing Necessities of >Being With The Art of Being Many Meditation Exercise< Genre Ceremonials of Gathering. Syncretizing Vogue and Voodoo Foreplay in Many Axioms. A Theoretical Voguing on Performance, Labor, Pleasure and Multiplicity Contexts of the Assembly Unfinishing Legislation. Consituent Performativity in the Charter for Europe Charter for Europe Urban Panics and Black Holes. Ambiguities of Deceleration in the Time of Financialization Open Source Finance Hacking. Potentials and Problems Invaders Are Here! Art and Jack-in-the-Box Third Projection: Collective Film Activtation. The Archive of the National Film Institute of Guinea-Bissau and its Reactualization in the Mobile Cinema Since 2010 we have witnessed new ways of assembling, which have made the word »democracy« sound important again. These practices may not have led to the political changes we had hoped for. Nevertheless, we are convinced of their importance. This book wants to acknowledge them as a starting point for a new art of being many: The »many« invoke new concepts of collectivity by renegotiating their modes of participation and (self-)presentation and by rewriting rhetorical, choreographical, and material scripts of assembling. This volume is inspired and informed by the square-occupations and neighborhood assemblies of the »real democracy« movements as well as by recent explorations of the assembly form in performance art and participatory theatre. Art,Activism,Democracy,Assembly,Politics,Culture,Civil Society,Social Relations,Cultural Studies,Social Movements Since 2010 we have witnessed new ways of assembling, which have made the word 'democracy' sound important again. These practices may not have led to the political changes we had hoped for. Nevertheless, we are convinced of their importance. This book wants to acknowledge them as a starting point for a new art of being many: The 'many' invoke new concepts of collectivity by renegotiating their modes of participation and (self- )presentation and by rewriting rhetorical, choreographical, and material scripts of assembling. This volume is inspired and informed by the square-occupations and neighborhood assemblies of the 'real democracy' movements as well as by recent explorations of the assembly form in performance art and participatory theatre