Utopian Pulse: Flares in the Darkroom (Paperback)

'A politically important book for anyone living on planet earth to read' - Marge Piercy, feminist utopian writer

'Escaping what feels like the inevitable end of the planet requires a certain kind of leap of the imagination. This book features the voices of many of today's amazing artists - not the desultory market-driven ones, but those that represent a thoughtful world-concerned vast multitude - whose work points toward a much-needed horizon of possibility' - Nato Thompson, chief curator Creative Time

'A much-needed contribution to alternative forms of life imagined at the creative intersection of cultural, artistic, and political thought. Ressler and Doujak offer luminescent hope in a cynical and toxic atmosphere of capitalist realism' - T.J. Demos, Professor in Visual Culture, and Director of the Center for Creative Ecologies, University of California, Santa Cruz

'In the current, often exhausting debates on the merits of artistic research, this book is like a breath of fresh air, showing how artistic practices and thinking about curating and public programming can unlock a utopian impulse in the tired format of the exhibition, and contribute to new understandings of the political itself' - Simon Sheikh, Programme Director of MFA Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London.