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In this chapter, Siclodi discusses crucial aspects of visual art practices that position themselves as counter-public(s) to normative,hegemonial publics and can provide viable models for the conceptualization of the encounter with the ‘Other’ beyond the ‘integration paradigm’. By focusing on the connection between the terms ‘public’ and ‘space’ to determine their relevance in locating artistic practice bordering on the political, he is also addressing the radical mediatization of the public sphere, and the resulting consequences for the art context. The chapter concludes with the case study of a lecture performance by artist Ana Hoffner, showing how artistic articulations that use strategies of ‘overidentification’ or activism in agonistic public spaces can open concrete emancipatory perspectives for migrant subjects both within and outside of the art context.
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http://www.maiz.at/en (20 July 2015).
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http://thesilentuniversity.org (20 July 2015).
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http://www.anahoffner.com (20 July 2015).
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‘Operation Spring’ refers to the Austrian Second Republic’s largest criminal police action in the fight against organized drug trafficking. The operation, which started in the spring 1999 and continued into the year 2000, led to the arrest, charging, and in some cases conviction of many people of African descent. Trials for the some 100 accused included numerous dubious pieces of evidence, which served as the basis for convictions—a fact that the judicial system itself later criticized. Anti-racist organizations suspected ‘Operation Spring’ to be a racially motivated campaign waged by Vienna police against the black community in Austria (which was very active at that time following the death of Marcus Omofuma at the hands of Austrian police in a deportation airplane) and staged self-organized demonstrations (for more on the history of ‘Operation Spring’, see Laimer, 2000; for more on Marcus Omofuma, see http://www.irr.org.uk/news/analysis-deaths-during-forced-deportation [20 July 2015]).
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Siclodi, A. (2016). Subjectivating the ‘Other’? Critical Art Practices, Migration Politics, and the Public Sphere in EUrope. In: Oberprantacher, A., Siclodi, A. (eds) Subjectivation in Political Theory and Contemporary Practices. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51659-6_17
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