Circles Lab 2

Open Discourse Lab 2
Political art today

Just as art has not just since yesterday been questioned to what extent it intervenes in society and why it not infrequently acts as a neutral artefact, political art has continuously been confronted with the claim to use inherently political instruments of communication instead of artistic ways of expression if it aims at political demands. In the light of global societal transformations, there might be reason enough to reflect the actual status of debate.

Speakers:
Natalie Ananda Assmann, free artist
Bernhard Dechant, director and actor
Tina Leisch, director

Moderation:
Alexandra Reill, concept and video artist

Circles is a Panel series reflecting in six weekly Open Labs the meta-questions 'What does art want today; what does the contemporary artist want today? Relevances of artistic work in contemporary societies'.

Concept: Alexandra Reill
Technical coordination: Peter Koger

Production
kanonmedia
in cooperation with
CoSpace Gumpendorf
and
Depot

Support
Department of Culture of the City of Vienna
Cultural Commission 1060 Vienna
Cultural Commission 1070 Vienna

Photo Credits:
Günter Hentschel, Warten auf Arbeit, 2014 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/