@article{5a085e54feca4f278307ad6429b0cba4,
title = "'Elections change nothing': On the misery of the democracy of equivalence",
abstract = "Article commissioned by Documenta 14 (2017) for the inaugural issue of its journal South as a State of Mind. Written in English and translated in German and Greek. The article puts forward a critique of contemporary democracy in the context of global capitalism and considers, to a limited extent, artworks that raise the issue.",
keywords = "democracy, Europe, Contemporary art, State, neoliberalism, grassroots",
author = "Angeliki Dimitrakaki",
note = "South as a State of Mind #6 [documenta 14 #1] ISBN 978-3-86335-844-0 ISSN 2241-3901 South as a State of Mind is a magazine that was founded by Marina Fokidis in Athens in 2012. Beginning in 2015, the magazine temporarily becomes the documenta 14 journal, publishing four special issues biannually until the opening of the exhibition in Athens and Kassel in 2017. These special issues are edited by Quinn Latimer, documenta 14{\textquoteright}s editor-in-chief of publications, and documenta 14 artistic director Adam Szymczyk. The documenta 14 South is conceived as a place of research, critique, art, and literature that parallels the years of work on the d14 exhibition overall, one that helps define and frame its concerns and aims. As such, the journal is a manifestation of documenta 14 rather than a discursive lens through which to merely presage the topics to be addressed in the eventual exhibition. Writing and publishing, in all their forms, are an integral part of documenta 14, and the journal heralds that process. The online edition of the d14 South as a State of Mind features select content from the print magazine, as well as occasional additional commissions specifically conceived for the digital platform.; Documenta 14 ; Conference date: 08-04-2016",
year = "2015",
month = nov,
language = "English",
volume = "14",
journal = "South as a State of Mind",
number = "1",
}