Event overview
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'How might critical artistic practices engage with and influence cultural institutions?' A panel discussion in the Ben Pimlott Building Lecture Theatre, Goldsmiths College, New Cross 6-8pm, Wednesday November 26th
‘Critical artistic practices do not contribute to the counter-hegemonic struggle by deserting the institutional terrain but by engaging with it, with the aim of fostering dissent and creating a multiplicity of agonistic spaces where the dominant consensus is challenged and where new modes of identification are made available.’ Chantal Mouffe, ‘Institutions as Sites of Agonistic Intervention’
Oil sponsorship of the arts, corporate advertising and a lack of transparency within public institutions: are art galleries and museums being subsumed by capitalist agendas? This panel discussion addresses the ways in which we can destabilise hegemonic capitalist discourses through engagement with institutions.
We will ask:
• Can exhibitions such as the V&A’s Disobedient Objects provide new forms of institutional critique?
• How effectively do the performances of art collectives such as Liberate Tate highlight the crucial ethical implications of oil sponsorship of the arts, and work to reform rather than renounce the Tate?
• How strong is the idea of the common ownership of culture in public sector institutions?
• How we can resist the erosion of ethical responsibility that often goes hand in hand with the privatisation of institutions by engaging with institutions?
Speakers:
Catherine Flood and Gavin Grindon are co-curators of the Disobedient Objects exhibition at V&A. Disobedient Objects explores how objects created for grassroots political action became powerful tools for social change. Catherine is Curator of prints, posters and graphics at V&A. Gavin is a Visiting Research Fellow at V&A, Lecturer in Contemporary Art and Curating and Co-Director of the Centre for Curatorial Studies at Essex University. He is also a member of Liberate Tate and the Lab of Insurrectionary Imagination.
Glen Tarman is a member of Liberate Tate, an art collective exploring the role of creative intervention in social change with the aim to 'free art from oil'. The group has a focus on Tate ending its BP sponsorship. Glen is International Advocacy Director for a leading international humanitarian network with over 20 years' experience of influencing and campaigning on global justice issues with aid and development NGOs worldwide.
Bridget McKenzie is the Founding Director of Flow, an organisation that helps cultural organisations develop innovative and sustainable services. Before founding Flow in 2006 Bridget was Education Officer for Tate, Head of Learning at the British Library, lead consultant for Clore Duffield’s Artworks Awards and Co-ordinator of Young at Art for the University of the Arts. She is involved in the Art Not Oil coalition.
This is a public event. You can join the Facebook event page (link below) or just turn up on the day.
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Image: Immo Klink; from the Liberate Tate performance 'Human Cost'
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov 2014 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
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