Multidisciplinarity

In Manifesto for an Independent Revolutionary Art André Breton and Diego Rivera, under the effects of German fascism and Russian Stalinism in society, argued that art can only impact society and be revolutionary if it becomes independent of any social constructs.

Almost six decades later, in the rise of what became known as “relational aesthetics,” the field of multidisciplinarity is expanding and many artistic projects for social change claim to be multidisciplinary. However, such projects show that we are still far from a broad discourse of multidisciplinarity. Multidisciplinarity: Projects for Social Change in Art and Culture takes a step towards a down-to-earth discussion of the relation between disciplinary discourses ...