Provoking the Freeport Magic: Art Assemblage in Late Capitalism

Provoking the Freeport Magic: Art Assemblage in Late CapitalismWhat is magic? And what can it do? In this book, Jessica Backsell interrogates the magic of the art world and cultures stubborn habit of foregrounding art as representative of an alternative value system. Through the empirical example of the freeportluxury warehouses where valuable art is stored for preservation and taxation purposesBacksell explores the implications of understanding the art world through contingent entanglements and practices.

How could anyone fear this small

Throughout the pages

curated by Canadian-Turkish fashion designer Erdem Moraglioglu MBE

These banners represent the vast number of sene (armies) that have been surfacing in the state of Karnataka

Since walking involves encounters with various objects and subjects

inspire creativity and provide comfort

der die Frage stellt

understand

workshops were held in which

the scarcity of materials globally

and much more

this theoretical essay aims to elucidate the pressing questions posed by the emergence of this new artistic medium with a number of key case studies and interviews