
Art, Freedom, and the Politics of Social Justice
Introduction Over the past few years, artworks that touch upon painful histories have sparked heated controversies. While the artists behind such works have invariably had a social purpose and sought
Introduction Over the past few years, artworks that touch upon painful histories have sparked heated controversies. While the artists behind such works have invariably had a social purpose and sought
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]Stephanie Bailey & Mark Woytiuk[excerpt]They ask questions that persist: How do we commemorate the victims of ongoing, systemic forms of misogynistic violence? How do we begin to work against
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]Arquitectura Expandida[excerpt]Ideally, we seek a collective relationship between institution, artist, and community, with the relationship understood as the confirmation of a provisional organizational structure based on dialogue and a
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]Diana Ramarohetra[excerpt][Artist residencies] help the artist to grow, to not feel alone, and to become more convinced of their chosen vocation and role in the society. Unfortunately, this is
[roundtable_menu][contributor]Kira Simon-Kennedy[excerpt]Independent art spaces and cafes that wouldn’t be out of place in Copenhagen or Tokyo popped up in Beijing’s dusty gray hutong alleyways.[/excerpt][/contributor] [contributor]Azu Nwagbogu[excerpt]Africa has been historically expropriated;
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]Aishah Shahida Simmons[excerpt]In the past, I, too, was extremely resistant to integrating spirituality into activist work for fear that it would dilute the “real” issues at hand.[/excerpt] [/contributor] [contributor]Akwaeke
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]Shuyin Wu [excerpt]As a result, every year 90 thousand natural villages disappear, including yao-dong villages.[/excerpt] [/contributor] [contributor]Lucie Kroening & Victor Seguela, Paris [excerpt]The contradiction embodied in the word banga
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]James Bridle, Athens [excerpt]Seamless Transitions is a story of borders that are mute and invisible. They are not supposed to be seen or heard.[/excerpt] [/contributor] [contributor]draftworks* architects, Nicosia &
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]Fernando García-Dory, Madrid & Majorca[excerpt]A real sharing economy is not something necessarily to place in a utopian world or a distant future. It is happening here and now. [/excerpt] [/contributor]
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]Juan Carlos Arroyo, Bogotá [excerpt]What survives in the act of resistance to a hospital closure is an ideal of human care, a concept of health and selfless humanitarianism that
[roundtable_menu] [contributor]Ella Boureau, New York City [excerpt]I am mourning a second self, a sibling with ancestral knowledge whose presence I can only verify through absence. [/excerpt] [/contributor] [contributor]Thiago Carrapatoso, São