Agorafilija
Māksla un demokrātija postkomunistiskajā Eiropā
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translation: Agoraphilia - Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe
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Piotr Piotrowski (1952–2015) writes in this book about agoraphilia – the desire to participate in public space, to criticize and creatively improve public life so that it does not decline. The countries of the former Eastern Bloc, including Latvia, have behind them agoraphobia – the object of freedom, control of public events and subjection of culture and art to the monopoly of the official ideology. After the end of the Cold War, when border walls and the binary geopolitical world order are crumbling, art acquires a new self-expression, becoming more transgressive and cosmopolitan under the influence of cultural globalization. The work of art is no longer a self-sufficient item, but tends to participate in political activism, anarchy, utopia. The museum is also undergoing changes. But one of Piotrowski's most important insights is that art helps us to heal the traumas of the past and navigate the confusing world of the present, beautifying the agora with its colors - the space of democracy, freedom and diversity.
