Restless Infections: Public Art and Transforming City Edited Jay Panther

Restless Infections is a collection of critical essays exploring artistic interventions in urban spaces, focusing on place-making and the politics of space in South Africa. The writers examine seminal artworks, addressing diverse forms of expression, such as performances, immersive installations, film, and online performances.

Restless Infections is an innovative collection of critical essays exploring artistic interventions in urban spaces, focusing on place-making and the politics of space in South Africa. The contributors examine seminal artworks by South African artists, addressing diverse forms of expression, such as site-specific performances, immersive installations, film, photography and online performances.

The volume stems from the popular Infecting the City public art festival, symbolising the persistent state of restlessness in a city still grappling with the legacies of colonialism, inequality and racial segregation. This restlessness is tied to a desire for economic and political stability, expressed through transient art forms. It is divided into three sections: The Restless City, Public Art for Multiple Publics, and Land, Home, Belonging.