Between the “Arab Spring” and the Occupy movement, 2011 will certainly be remembered as the year of insurrection, and this volume could not come at a more timely moment. offers an interdisciplinary discussion of the possibilities of public demonstration through an analysis of historical and contemporary paintings, graphics, photographs, installations, video and sound works and performances. Contributors include Bani Abidi, Jost Amman, Claudia Bosse, Irina Botea, Wilhelm Bülow, Anetta Mona Chisa and Lucia Tkácová, Discoteca Flaming Star, Ludwig von Elliot, Johann Georg Funck and Michael Rössler, François Georgin, James Gillray, Jana Gunstheimer, Nicoline van Harskamp, Johann Peter Hasenclever, Sharon Hayes, Alexander Hoepfner, Johann Jakob Kirchhoff, Noël Lemire, Les Trucs, Lovefuckers, Peter Lynen, Marcello Maloberti, Anna Mendelssohn, Rabih Mroué, F.G. Nordmann, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Alfred Rethel, Henry Ritter, Julian Röder, Yorgos Sapountzis, Sandra Schäfer, Georg Schlicht, Eske Schlüters and others.