[ecrea] Symposium: This is not a protest song! Art, civic engagement and networking - March 21/22

Symposium: This is not a protest song! Art, civic engagement and networking

/March 21 and 22, 2012
Schwerpunkt Wissenschaft & Kunst
KunstQuartier, Bergstr. 12, 5020 Salzburg/

A cooperation of the doctoral program "Art and the public sphere" and 
the program area "Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production"

In English language

Lectures: March 21, 9:30-14:30 (open to all)
Workshops: March 21, 14:30-16:30 and March 22, 9:30-16:30 (Please 
register due to limited space: Roswitha Gabriel: 
(roswitha.gabriel /at/ sbg.ac.at)).

This symposium covers questions of art, political engagement and 
activism by focusing on practical working methods.

Throughout history, art has been assigned a range of roles. Aside from 
the beautification of life, distraction or representation, the 
acquisition and transfer of knowledge and experiences are still seen as 
highly important. Taking up social-political themes in the context of 
arts has a long tradition: critique of social conditions is continuously 
- explicitly or hidden - expressed via diverse forms of expression and 
presentation. But what is the actual potential of art to be effective?

The presentations with subsequent workshops give the participants the 
opportunity to explore political strategies in contemporary art, centred 
on those forms of art whose protagonists aim for social change and civic 
engagement.

*With presentations and workshops by Janna Graham (London), Libia-Ólafur 
(Rotterdam, Berlin), Geert Lovink (Amsterdam) and UBERMORGEN.COM 
(Vienna/ St. Moritz).*

For further information see link 
<http://www.w-k.sbg.ac.at/contemporary-arts-cultural-production/forschungsprojekte/participate-ringvorlesung.html> 
or attachment.

Contact:
Roswitha Gabriel
Bergstr. 12, 5020 Salzburg
Email: roswitha.gabriel(at)sbg.ac.at
Tel.: 0043 (0)662/8044 - 2383

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Mag. Roswitha Gabriel

Wissenschaft und Kunst

Referentin Programmbereich Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production

Bergstraße 12, 5020 Salzburg

0043 662 8044 2383

(roswitha.gabriel /at/ sbg.ac.at)

www.w-k.sbg.ac.at <http://www.w-k.sbg.ac.at>