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Explosive and jargon-heavy about contemporary art

The metamorphoses of contemporary art are perhaps too interesting.
Kjetil Røed -

Surfing against all odds

This beautiful documentary takes us to the surfing world of the Gaza Strip and reveals an impressive resilience in a beleaguered population.
Willemien W. Sanders -

Extreme artist's mirror

Marina Abramovic's autobiography is as uncompromising and confrontational as her performance art.
Birgitte Bjørnøy -

Narcissism and resonance

Martin Altmeyer is fed up with criticism of social media and wants to redefine the concept of narcissism. But does he succeed?
Eivind Tjønneland -

Increasing conformity

The selfie culture threatens to reduce us to marketing agents of our social-media personality, two German authors believe.
Eivind Tjønneland -

That day everything becomes free

In post-capitalism, Paul Mason argues that information technology has the potential to transcend capitalism and create forms of production independent of the traditional market. 
Alexander Carnera -

What has the peace movement achieved?

New book looks at what the peace movement can learn from the experiences of past peace struggles.
Aslak Storaker -

"The individual must see it as their highest goal to live for others"

Dostoevsky is at least as "contemporary" as many of our actual contemporaries.
Henning Næs -

A critic's defense speech 

The critic is testing how art can benefit citizens in civil society. We need the criticism more than ever! 
Kjetil Røed -

The hunt for the green

In a Norway where waste volumes are growing, food soil is being reduced and greenhouse gas emissions are increasing, Eivind Hoff-Elimari will awaken its citizens.
Andrew P. Kroglund -

Everyday Utopias

Political opposition exists in existing institutions and in everyday life, believes Frederick Jameson. 
Kjetil Røed -
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