Opera publica was planed as an anti-elitist mise en scène and developed as a heterogeneous tableau of works. The editors Margit Nobis and Clemens Mock present a book project which combines the interdisciplinary works of 40 contemporary artists with avant-garde texts of 7 authors: experimental cultural studies, philosophy and "art poetique" create an Opera publica-in-a-book. "Opera" not in the sense of a musical stage performance of so-called high culture but as a narrative figure of thought in publication; "publica" as a promise of correspondence with the audience: the public. See more