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Who is faking it: artists or activists, or both? | 11 comments

[new] Art, activism, platforms (Avg. Score: none / Raters: 0) (#3)
by Aileen on Tue May 6th, 2003 at 01:50:45 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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There are a number of reasons I can think of, why artists/activists should make use of art institutions and any other platforms they can seize. Aside from art institutions, the artist Tal Adler with "Pettek", for example, claimed elections as an appropriate platform for art interventions. One reason for using all these platforms is to create channels for communication, for finding one another. People working in public space, creating interventions in inconspicuous, everyday situations can easily start to feel isolated. Contact with others is important for healthy (self-) criticism. Although it always surprises me to encounter curators and directors of art institutions, who still think it is awfully radical and progressive to "break open the white cube", the experience of making their resources available to social engagement can set different processes in motion.

Who is faking it: artists or activists, or both? | 11 comments

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