Disruptive Business explores some of the interconnections between art, activism
and the business concept of disruptive innovation. With a backdrop of the crisis
of financial capitalism, austerity cuts in the cultural sphere, the idea is to focus
on potential art strategies in relation to a broken economy. In a perverse way, we ask whether this presents new opportunities for cultural producers to achieve more autonomy over their production process. If it is indeed possible, or desirable, what alternative business models emerge? The book is concerned broadly with business as material for reinvention, including critical writing and examples of art/activist projects.
Contributions from:Saul Albert, Christian Ulrik Andersen & Søren Bro Pold, Franco ?Bifo? Berardi, Heath Bunting, Paolo Cirio, Brian Holmes, Geert Lovink & Nathaniel Tkacz, Dmytri Kleiner & Baruch Gottlieb, Georgios Papadopolous, Oliver Ressler, Kate Rich, Renée Ridgway, Guido Segni, Stevphen Shukaitis, Marina Vishmidt.