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The Francis Effect

Edited by Noah Simblist, By (author) Tania Bruguera, Contributions by Matthew Jesse Jackson, Contributions by Saskia Sassen, Contributions by Nicholas Terpstra

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â€œThe Francis Effect was about proposing something completely absurd, as absurd as borders are. If Immigrant Movement was for the thousands of people who went there, The The Francis Effect was just for one person, the pope. But the more people that participated, the more personal it became.â€ â€“Tania Bruguera Stemming from a performance that originated at the Guggenheim Museum, The Francis Effect explores Tania Brugueraâ€™s work as an artist, activist, and Cuban immigrant to the US engaging the tension between artâ€™s pragmatic, activist, and aesthetic possibilities. The performance of The Francis Effect follows the guise of a political campaign, aiming to request that the Pope grant Vatican City citizenship to all immigrants and refugees. As a conversational, collaborative project, the resulting book mirrors Brugueraâ€™s artistic practice with essays and conversations from the the curators and Bruguera. In addition, the book-project is embiggened by socially-engaged commissioned essays from art historian Our Literal Speed, sociologist Saskia Sassen, and historian Nicolas Terpstra. A groundbreaking interdisciplinary discussion of borders, Pangaea, sociology, and religious studies, The Francis effect offers art as a vehicle for social change, placing this work in the context of its creative and critical reception.