Art of Being Dangerous

Jo Shaw is Salvesen Professor of European Institutions in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Ben Fletcher-Watson manages the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSJo Shaw and Ben Fletcher-WatsonFOREWORDJo ShawINTRODUCTIONCompanions, Friends, EqualsMargie OrfordPREPARING THE CANVAS: SETTING THE SCENEThe Business of IncantationsHeather PearsonPORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: ON ARTISTS AND ART-MAKINGArt vs Crafts? On resisting gendered hierarchies of practice in the art worldAlana TysonSowing dangerous seedsRachel RobertsRoma StorytellerIldiko NovaThis is not a poemK.E. CarverLike a Woman: How we move embodies our past and creates our futureAnna BrazierHow to be a MonsterMaya MackrandilalBODY OF WORK: ON SEXUALITY AND THE BODYNĀNHeshani Sothiraj EddlestonIf a dangerous woman you be…Jayde KirchertThe Praying MantisRebecca VedavathyShamelessSim BajwaMonster CostumeSasha de Buyl-PiscoBein a GirlLeonie MhariAgendasElaine GallagherNeo-Burlesque’s Neo-FeminismTara PixleyNot My TypeMary Paulson-EllisHer & ITreasa NealonEat Them AllSiris GallinatArchetypes Have No Place HereMaria FuscoPoetry, art and ‘to dare to talk about my body’Sepideh JodeyriART OF THE POSSIBLE: ON POLITICS, ACTIVISM AND HUMAN RIGHTSHide & SeekZuhal FeraidonResponse to Random Murder III: December 14, 2012, Newtown, CT, 28 dead (Mother & Child with a Glock)Meredith BergmannA Cry for the MothersAlison JonesThe TrialMaria StoianObituaryIrene HossackThe PainterLucy WaltersWomen of Steel: seeing powerful women in a new frameSatdeep GrewalMartha Gruening: ‘Brick in a soft hat’susan c. desselAn EducationSavanna Scott LeslieARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS: ON FOLKLORE AND HISTORY Riding with Baba YagaKate FeldDangerous Agencies: Norns, Games and Aesthetics of EmergenceTanya KrzywinskaNot by Blood AloneDilys RoseStargazedS.E. CraythornePersephone No MoreRoisin KellyA Short History of Enemies and FriendsShirley DayAnne Askew: Dangerous ConvictionsClaire AskewSUFFERING FOR YOUR ART: ON STRENGTH, CONFLICT AND RESISTANCEDangerous Emotions: three poemsJL WilliamsPlaits Underneath an Orange HelmetMillie Earle-WrightThis is your storyMelissa Álvaro MutoloThe TruthNkateko MasingaSpeaking Out / Keeping SilentSasha de Buyl-PiscoForgottenKerri TurnerA Dangerous WomanJoanie ConwellPaper Dolls Join Together with Dots of Whispered SteelClare ArchibaldRearguard Act ion on Neilson RoadPriyanthini GunsLIVES OF THE ARTISTS: ON BIOGRAPHY AND IDENTITYUnica Zürn: Creating Art from a Dangerous PlaceHilaireJoan Eardley: A Woman for all WeathersHelen BodenLady Macbeth: Elisabet Ney’s Final SculptureCarly BrownCamille Claudel: the dangerous French sculptorElif SezenAmparo Cardenal: the singing non-singerEva Moreda RodríguezCelebrating transgressive celebrity: Sarah BernhardtVictoria DuckettLee Miller: Photography, Surrealism, and BeyondPatricia AllmerAlison SmithsonKate SchneiderDangerous Art: Liubov Popova, Constructivism and politics as an artformSotiria GrekElizabeth Miller: the Maiden of the SeaBrenda RoseteWonder and grief, poetry and danger: reflecting on the life and work of the ‘other’ WordsworthMarianne BoruchPOSTSCRIPTMay you forever be fierce: a dangerous devotionalBrooke BolanderINDEX

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