{"product_id":"paul-oneill-beyond-caring-para-hosting-as-curatorial-escape","title":"Paul O'Neill: Beyond Caring: Para-Hosting as Curatorial Escape","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"rte mt-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFloating Opera Press, 2026, softcover, 106 pages, 11 x 17 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Para- hosting\" as \u003c\/span\u003ea cooperative methodology for arts institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat can established art institutions learn from small-scale organizations' approaches to invitation, hosting, and publicness? In Beyond Caring: Para-hosting as Curatorial Escape, Paul O'Neill explores how new forms of invitation can reimagine host–guest relations and open escape routes from fixed institutional roles. Moving between speculation, critique, and proposition, the essay introduces \"para- hosting\" as a cooperative methodology of generosity and self-organization without absorption. For O'Neill, para-hosting is a form of escape that enables transformative possibilities beyond existing power structures within institutions and otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 2010s, the idea of \"the curatorial\" arose after a short but intense debate about what it means to curate exhibitions. The books in the On the Curatorial series look at the consequences of that discussion today and ask: Do we need different curatorial tools to engage with deepening social, political, and ecological crises? The series allows earlier participants in the debate to reflect on how their concepts and practices have changed, while younger generations of curators explore the ongoing need for new conceptual approaches to curation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-price-wrapper=\"\" class=\"product-price-block mt-8 text-base\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57537922793856,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/f_1.jpg?v=1773070576","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/paul-oneill-beyond-caring-para-hosting-as-curatorial-escape","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}