The Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries Since 1975 is the final volume of the four-volume series of cultural histories of the avant-garde movements in the Nordic countries. This volume carries the avant-garde discussion forward to present-day avant-gardes, challenged by the globalisation of the entertainment industries and new interactive media such as the internet. The avant-garde can now be considered a tradition that has been made more widely available through the opening of archives, electronic documentation and new research, which has spurred both re-enactments, revisions and continuations of historical avant-garde practices, while new cultural contexts, political, technological and ecological conditions have called for new strategies.

北欧の前衛芸術という、最先端を問い続ける精神の軌跡を辿る本作は、単なる記録に留まりません。グローバル化の中で過激な挑戦がいかに「伝統」へと昇華され、同時に新たな政治的・生態学的文脈で再生していくのか。そのダイナミックな変遷を鋭く射抜く視座こそが、本書の核心的な魅力です。 アーカイブの開放と未知の技術が交差する地平には、制度に抗い社会と共鳴しようとする表現者たちの熱い闘志が脈打っています。北欧から世界を問い直すこの知の冒険は、読者の美意識を揺さぶり、芸術が持つ真の変革力を痛烈に突きつけてくるでしょう。