Sheffield Hallam University (Web)

Time: 01.09.2022
Venue: Sheffield and virtual space

The symposium marks the publication of Stephanie Hartle and Darcy White’s anthology ‘Visual Activism in the 21st Century’. (Web)

The world is in crisis, bringing activists and protesters onto the streets and into the public eye. More than ever, activism relies on spectacle and visibility in order to be noticed in the era of globalized capitalism and networked media. At the same time, a growing number of artists employ creative strategies to critique the establishment, act in resistance, and demand change. Visual activism of this kind is not new, but it is rapidly evolving.

Programme (Web)

First Panel: Art and Agency (10.15-15.15)

• Suzana Milevska: Keynote – The Affordance of Contemporary Art for Social Change
• Monica Merlin: ‚Ripples in water‘. Minor Episodes of Feminist Visual Activism by Three Women Artists in the PRC (2007-2015)
• Stefanie Snider: ‚America is Black, Indigenous, and Muslim‘: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s Public Challenges to White Nationalism
• Paula Serafini: Keynote – Extractivism and Visual Politics

Second Panel: Activist Methods and Approaches (15.30-17.30)

• Karen Stock: Jason deCaires Taylor’s Submerged Sculptures and the Iconography of Slow Violence
• Stefka Hristova: Sociality, Appearance, and Surveillance in Digital Political Activism

Source: Qstudy-l