Praise for Seeing Power
Like an updated version of John Berger s groundbreaking Ways of Seeing, Nato Thompson s Seeing Power delivers a smart, accessible introduction to the prevailing artistic predicaments of our time. Written by one of our leading public intellectuals, it covers a wide range of key issues from the cultural politics of Occupy Wall Street; to the use and abuse of accumulated social capital; to the perennial antagonism between sophisticated cultural ambiguity and didactic, artistic impact. Seeing Power is a twenty-first-century user s manual for the social responsible artist, critic, and curator.
Gregory Sholette, author of Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
"A thought- provoking manifesto on the artist s position within a system where making money is inextricably linked to producing culture...Seeing Power isn t only for artists and activists. It is for anyone willing to re-think their consumer habits and ready to identify the power structures that heavily influence our day-to-day behaviours."
Peace News

Praise for Experimental Geography

Living in cities, we need a new way to think about how we move and what we notice . . . This strange, exciting book offers just that a new way to notice public space. It is the brainchild of Nato Thompson: the results of his fascinations with urban planning post-Katrina, abandoned or unnoticed urban landscapes and public art.
Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times

What could be more delightful and unsettling than turning loose a group of contemporary surrealists, disguised as vagabonds and artists, in the ripe fields of the hyperreal? Experimental Geography isn t about space; it is about terminal strangeness.
Mike Davis, author of Ecology of Fear and City of Quartz

Another step in the ongoing quest for social energies not yet recognized as art . . . exploring the politics and infrastructures that can either change or stall the world.
Lucy Lippard, author of The Lure of the Local