An interview with Gregory Sholette about the Precarious Workers Pageant project.

Cruzeiro, Cristina Pratas; Douglas, Anne; Madeira, Cl�udia; Elias, Helena

Abstract

In this interview, NYC-based artist, writer, educator, and activist Gregory Sholette talks about the Precarious Workers Pageant project, reflecting on its aesthetic and political dimensions. He addresses the emergence of public spectacles generated by Russian Futurists and other avant-garde artists after the 1917 October Revolution as an inspiration to the project and the connections with carnivals as both a type of protest as well as a celebration. He also focuses on the aestheticization of the social event itself through activist art, precariousness, and the importance of activist aesthetics today.

Citation

CRUZEIRO, C.P., DOUGLAS, A., MADEIRA, C. and ELIAS, H. 2022. An interview with Gregory Sholette about the Precarious Workers Pageant project. Arts [online], 11(1), article 18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/arts11010018

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Jan 4, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jan 17, 2022
• Publication Date: Feb 28, 2022
• Deposit Date: Apr 14, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 14, 2022
• Journal: Arts
• Electronic ISSN: 2076-0752
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Article Number: 18
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/arts11010018
• Keywords: Public spectacles; Carnivals; Protests; Aestheticization; Social events; Activist art; Precariousness; Activist aesthetics
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1641041