Politics of Dis/Assembling
Naomi Boyce, Sambojang Ceesay, Judith H. Pieper,
Lena Pozdnyakova, Luise Willer (eds.)  

Politics of Dis/Assembling brings together essays, reflections, conversations and artistic works that explore the social, political and aesthetic possibilities of coming together as well as of coming apart. The collection emerges from a series of experimental gatherings in which artists, scholars, activists, and participants shared meals, ideas, and practices while questioning the conventions that shape collective life.

At its heart, the book asks what it means to dis/assemble this world collectively today, and at a moment when political spaces and forms of appearance are undergoing profound transformations. Moving between artistic practice, activism and critical thought, the contributions showcase instances of a Politics of Dis/Assembling as a way of intervening in the social aesthetics of space and time and of challenging hegemonic structures of power, violence and domination.

Rather than treating assembly as a fixed organizational form, Politics of Dis/Assembling reflects upon more dynamic, often frictional processes – ones that can make new intersubjective relations, social structures, and futures imaginable and tangible. The publication explores how such practices might contribute to emancipatory struggles, while remaining attentive to the material and symbolic conditions they seek to transform.
170 x 210 mm, 260 pages, Paper: Munken Print White 15, 115g, FSC, Fedregoni Constellation Snow E39 Mosaico, 280g, FSC, PEFC,  Printer: UAB BALTO print, Typefaces: BBB ReadMe by Eugénie Bidaut, Ludi Loiseau & Clara Sambot, Velvelyne by Mariel Nils, Manon Van der Borght, with the contribution of Raphaël Bastide, Benjamin Dumond, Velvetyne, HAL Timezone by HAL Typefaces, 
Edition 1, with a print run of 500, 
ISBN: 978-90-837979-0-8

HumDrumPress is a collaboration-based publisher. Roles and responsibilities are therefore shared by all parties, within their capacities. The following persons contributed in a multitude of ways to making this publication possible:
Marwa Arsanios, Vincent Bababoutilabo, Riadh Ben Ammar, Annika Böttcher, Naomi Boyce, Wibke Bramsfeld, Sambojang Ceesay, T.J. Demos, Amy Gowen, Janette Helm, Jannika Hinz, Clara von Hirschhausen, Louison Jenkins, Sophie Mak-Schram, Judith H. Pieper, Lena Pozdnyakova, Zoë Ritts, João G. Rizek, Meghna Singh, Hannah Strothmann, Luise Willer

Funding Acknowledgements: Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)






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