Sztuka (przechwytu) współpracy, czyli artystyczna fabryka społeczna. O związkach estetyki relacyjnej i kapitalizmu kognitywnego / Jan Sowa, Art of (intercepting) cooperation or social-artistic factory. About the connection between relational aesthetics and cognitive capitalism

ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RELATIONAL AESTHETICS AND COGNITIVE CAPITALISM The text is an analysis of relations between art of cooperation and modern world of post-fordist, cognitive capitalism. The author implies a long lasting tradition of interest in cooperation and trust in social sciences, which are most fully expressed in XX–century concept of social capital.

In this context the art of cooperation appears to be an expression of socio-cultural tendencies and phenomena transcending beyond the field of art. According to the author projects realized within the frame of relational aesthetics and according to the participatory model not only express the way modern, cognitive capitalism functions but also manifold inclusive mechanisms of value appropriation and biopolitical exploitation.