Supermarket: dissident art-making against the capitalist common-sense

Fowler, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-4231 (2019) Supermarket: dissident art-making against the capitalist common-sense. In: Arts Research Initiative (ARI) Lecture, 13 June 2019, Institute of the Arts, University of Cumbria, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Martin Fowler, from the Arts Research Initiative (ARI) research group at the Institute of the Arts, University of Cumbria, gives a lecture about his recent exhibition 'Supermarket', which took place at Carlisle Market Hall in April 2019 (see http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/4674/). As part of his PhD research, Fowler recreated a shop and all the types of commodities you might find in a convenience store, as a critique of capitalism and commodity. 'Supermarket' explores the nature of capitalism's commodity culture, through a materialist analysis of reificiation, the fetish object and cultural production. Drawing from the work of Marx, Gramsci and Williams, 'Supermarket' functions as a theory-in-practice enquiry, applying methodologies of collage, found-object and simulacra, to the (re)staging of the conventional British market stall.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Publisher:	YouTube
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Departments:	Institute of Arts > Fine and Applied Arts Arts Research Initiative (ARI)
Depositing User:	Martin Fowler
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2019 09:41
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2024 09:16
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/4895

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