{"product_id":"9781915609779","title":"The Oracle","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn the potential regeneration of democracy: how artists can work toward a sense of collective relevance required to face the future’s dark challenges.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople often ask themselves what exhibitions are for. The obvious answer is to see art—but they are also tools to help us regenerate our social fabric. Observing artworks in a given context can heighten our awareness of the ways in which we perceive the world more generally. In challenging and depressing times, especially, art experiences offer the possibility of finding a language and a voice to articulate increasingly scarce causes for optimism. Published on the occasion of the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, \u003ci\u003eThe Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways in which art and culture can play a key role in the regeneration of democracy—toward a new sense of individual and collective freedom, of relevance and agency, and of belonging and loyalty to the values that we need to live in peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSadie Plant, Manca Renko, Renata Saleci, Svetlanan Slapsack, Maja Steger","brand":"River Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"MIT Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-10-14","offer_id":46917421859071,"sku":"9781915609779","price":49.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f4298ef4-73c8-4199-bcb6-8fd5285590e2.jpg?v=1749047783","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781915609779","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}