Anna Watkins Fisher, "The Play in the System: The Art of Parasitical Resistance" (Duke UP, 2020)
What does artistic resistance look like in the twenty-first century, when disruption and dissent have been co-opted and commodified in ways that reinforce dominant systems? In\xa0The Play in the System: The Art of Parasitical Resistance\xa0(Duke UP, 2020), Anna Watkins Fisher locates the possibility for resistance in artists who embrace\xa0parasitism, a tactic of complicity that effect subversion from within hegemonic structures.\nAnna Watkins Fisher speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the underhand tactics of the parasite - artists like the collective Ubermorgen, N\xfaria G\xfcell, the writer Chris Krauss, or Roisin Byrne - by which it appropriates the logic of their hosts - Amazon, the Spanish State, Dick, and in the case of Byrne, Watkins Fisher herself.\n\n\nUbermorgen,\xa0Amazon Noir\n\n\n\nN\xfaria G\xfcell,\xa0Stateless by Choice,\xa0Humanitarian Aid\n\n\nMarina Abramovi\u0107,\xa0The Artist is Present\n\n\nAnn Liv Young\xa0archive.org capture,\xa0Sheryl Is Present\n\n\nLauren Barri Holstein\n\nAnna Watkins Fisher\xa0is a cultural and media theorist whose research spans the fields of digital studies, performance studies, visual culture, environmental humanities, and critical theory. She is an associate professor in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.\nThe Play in the System\xa0is available as an\xa0open-source download.\nPierre d\u2019Alancaisez\xa0is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies