symposium and conversation on art and social change
6.00-8.30pm, Friday 2nd March 2018
Four Corners
121 Roman Rd, London E2 0QN
http://www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk
Join Loraine Leeson for the launch of her new book where key artists, activists and writers will lead a conversation on the role of art in social change
Ailbhe Murphy
Dr. Ailbhe Murphy is an artist and Director of Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts in Ireland. Create is a resource organisation for artists working cross art form and in collaboration with diverse communities of place and of interest. Ailbhe is also a founding member of the interdisciplinary art and research platform Vagabond Reviews. www.create-ireland.ie
Jane Trowell
Educationalist, artist and longstanding member of Platform, an artist-led, London-based collective that brings together artists, activists, researchers and campaigners who collaborate to make work on social and ecological justice. Jane Trowell’s work particularly focuses on pedagogical and social process. https://platformlondon.org
Hilary Wainwright
Widely published researcher and writer on new forms of democratic accountability and driving force/editor behind Red Pepper. She has written for many publications including The Guardian, and makes regular television and radio appearances. A member of Arts for Labour, her forthcoming book A New Politics from the Left is soon to be published.
Kerstin Mey
Professor Kerstin Mey is the newly appointed Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Engagement at University of Limerick and previously Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design. Kerstin’s research is concerned with the ‘situatedness’ of art, its underlying value hierarchies and public pedagogies.
With video interventions from:
Conrad Atkinson
Known for his visual art that challenges the boundaries between art and politics, Conrad Atkinson has been described as ‘one of the most important fine artists in the world who specialize in social and political concerns’. He is also Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History University of California at Davis, Distinguished Visiting Professor/Artist in Residence of the Courtauld Institute and Honorary Fellow of Cumbria University.
Javier Rodrigo
Researcher and art educator based in Barcelona who has developed projects and collaborative exhibitions on dialogical practice for cultural institutions throughout Spain and writes on the subject of community, cultural policy and education. Javier has also been the coordinator of the pedagogical-cultural project Transductores.