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Can Art Change the World? And Other Musings from the Pages of Adbusters

July 3, 2008

As associate editor of the Vancouver-based countercultural publication Adbusters from 2003 to 2005, I contributed stories on art, media, and culture each issue, from profiles of artist-activists (including Emily Jacir and Allora & Calzadilla) to think-pieces (including "Divinity for the Reality-Based Community," "Anarchy in the RNC," and others). I was guest art editor of issue #51, entitled "Art Fart" and featuring cover art by a then little-known UK street artist, Banksy. Among my contributions was a survey of top figures in the contemporary art world—from artists Thomas Hirschhorn and Rirkrit Tiravanija to curators Hou Hanru and Robert Storr—to address the question "Can art change the world?"

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