Art and Politics: Dissent, Protest and Agency in Artistic Practice
Saturday 14th September
12-1pm
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
This talk explores art as a critical tool for reflecting on society. It examines how artists have responded to social, economic, technological, ecological, and political changes. By presenting the philosophical and practical challenges they have addressed, it speculates on how their work has been shaped by the world, and how their art, in turn shapes the world.
Dr Andrew Hewitt and Dr Mel Jordan are both Professors of Art and the Public Sphere at the University of Northampton and Coventry University respectively. In 2018 they formed the Partisan Social Club and previously worked collaboratively with Dave Beech as the Freee Art Collective. Their participatory artworks aim to transform audiences into a discursive but dissenting public.