Visual Activism in the 21st Century: Art Protest and Resistance
Schedule
Thu Sep 01 2022 at 09:00 am to 07:30 pm
Location
Sheffield Hallam University Cantor Building | Sheffield City Centre, EN
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Visual Activism in the 21st Century: Art Protest and Resistance in an Uncertain World - ATTEND IN PERSON OR ONLINEAbout this Event
This symposium marks the publication of our anthology ‘Visual Activism in the 21st Century: Art Protest and Resistance in an Uncertain World’ - Stephanie Hartle and Darcy White (Eds), Bloomsbury Academic. Pub. 25 August 2022
The event offers a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow researchers – both seasoned and early career – as we explore together the surprising variety of current and emerging practices of visual activism, as activists, artists, and curators flex to the changing world around them in these most uncertain of times. Key questions will be around the different approaches and methodologies appropriate to this relatively new area of academic study; how research is altered by the urgency of these times; the ethical issues and responsibilities that should be considered; and the ways in which our work as academics can be mobilised to help bring about social change. Such current issues, and others, ensure that this promises to be a rewarding day.
We are delighted to announce that in addition to a selection of presentations by our contributing authors, the day’s proceedings will include two keynote contributions by notable academics in this field of enquiry:
Suzana Milevska – Independent Scholar and Curator
Paula Serafini – Queen Mary University of London
Symposium Programme
Timings: All timings are given as BST
09.00 Registration and Refreshments
09.45 Welcome and Introduction
Darcy White and Stephanie Hartle
First Panel: Art and Agency
10.15 Keynote address by Suzana Milevska, with Q & A - Art, Agency, and Activism: The Affordance of Contemporary Art for Social Change
11.15 Refreshments
11.40 Monica Merlin
‘Ripples in water’. Minor Episodes of Feminist Visual Activism by Three Women Artists in the PRC (2007-2015).
12.00 Stefanie Snider
‘America is Black, Indigenous, and Muslim’: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s Public Challenges to White Nationalism.
12.20 Q & A and Panel discussion
I2.45pm – Lunch (Provided)
13.45 Keynote address by Paula Serafini, with Q & A - Extractivism and Visual Politics
14.45pm A provocation – and discussion
15.15 pm RefreshmentsSecond Panel: Activist Methods and Approaches
15.30 Karen Stock
Jason deCaires Taylor’s Submerged Sculptures and the Iconography of Slow Violence
15.50 Stefka Hristova
Sociality, Appearance, and Surveillance in Digital Political Activism
16.10 Amina Ejaz
Farida Batool: A Pakistani Visual Activist
16.30 Q & A and Panel discussion / plenary
17.15 Closing remarks
Close 17.30
Darcy White and Stephanie Hartle
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