a wiki of socially engaged art
From Social Art Practice to Socially Engaged Humanities In the last two decades, socially engaged art has entered the life of museums, universities, corporations, and even governments. Described as participatory art, relational aesthetics, and social practice, to name a few, the variety of terms and definitions for the phenomenon is as rich as its prolific …
At a conference full of speakers, it’s appropriate to ask (in the words of Terike Haapoja), “Who is qualified to speak on behalf of someone or something?” I don’t have the perfect answer, but I came away with deep conviction that artists are translators. We help others understand what we/others see, hear, and feel. As each presenter …
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The Creative Time summit is a big pot of hearty soup stuffed with nutritious vegetables (which I have needed to eat for too long) that we are all eating and stirring together; to muster the coming of fall, maybe this one in particular. This feeling of communality and urgency emanated through the last event the …
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The session I enjoyed the most is the MAKING MURALS IN WASHINGTON & TEHRAN. Having been working on and thinking about mural-sized prints, this session really gave me new perspectives on how to think about the surfaces that we see everyday and the potential impact that artworks can have. It’s also great to see mural artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo …
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