Dispatx | Eminent Domain
'In old English law, eminent domain refers to the power of the state to take private property without the owner's consent. Since the mid-19th century it has been employed as part of large-scale development projects and urban renewal - controversial practices that can be extremely destructive for local communities. The policy is often implemented when there is a perceived obstruction blocking the progress of a particular project and powers of override must force its conclusion.
In investigating this theme we call for artists to recast the concept of eminent domain in the context of creative work. Here it becomes similar to recourse - in the face of blockade, alternative and often radical tactics may be resorted to in order for an idea to move forward. At a point of critical mass existing systems begin to fail, invoking a form of negation and opening up a space of uncertainty. This uncertainty may force a radical reformulation of a work at a crucial moment of its incompletion and potential.'
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