Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Art-as-Demonstration in the 1960s and Beyond -- Ostentatious Neutrality (Bernar Venet, Daniel Buren, Adrian Piper) -- Burlesque Lecture Demonstration (Robert Morris, Walter Benjamin) -- Film as Operation (Harun Farocki, Paweł Kwiek) -- Taking to the Street: Eastern European Art Demonstrations (Milan Knížák, Jiří Kovanda, Endre Tót, Mladen Miljanović, Ciprian Homorodean) -- Learning from the Situation (Ulrike Meinhof, Clemens von Wedemeyer) -- Instructions for Seeing (Bazon Brock, Wiesław Borowski) -- Teaching What Does Not Exist (Gnezdó, Ilya Kabakov) -- Demonstration in Post-Soviet Space (Chto delat, Extra-Governmental Commission, Radek Community) -- Postscript: The Migrant's Hands. Between Demonstration and Archive in Sylvain George's Qu'ils reposent en révolte (Figures de guerre) (2010)

"With a focus on political art and protest, this book examines demonstration-practiced as pedagogy, art form, and public protest by artists-as a powerful powerful agent of change"-- Provided by publisher.