assesses the state we are now in: the devastation of the natural world

Der Wald um sie herum ist finster

Going beyond the idea that nature is a means to human ends

Ulrich Sonnenberg

In addressing key stakes within contemporary art

Rehearsing Hospitalities John Murray Press assesses the state we areUpon what kind of power structures of knowledge and knowing are contemporary art and artistic institutions dependent? Do practitioners in the art field reproduce oppressive Western epistemic paradigms through artistic practices and institutional structures, and if so, is there space for emancipatory ways of knowing? What are the ways that intersectional subjectivities open up new epistemic processes within the artistic field? These are among the