Onderzoeksseminarie Kunst in revolutie

In times of war and repression, artists and intellectuals often become the first victims of political measures. In Syria, Turkey, Russia and China, for example, many of them have been arrested, prosecuted or forced to remain silent. But artists are also very good at developing strategies and tactics to counteract, develop protests and safeguard public voices. Taking Syria and Turkey as a starting point, this seminar will analyse the more general dialogues between art and politics in dramatic human and political conflict conditions. How does authoritarianism actually work and how do artists and intellectuals produce their works in such a context? Can art become a spokesperson for all in such dramatic situations? How do artists become civil actors and what kind of risks do they take? How do they operate in larger frameworks of resistance and what are the limits of such resistance in arts and writings? What’s the value, but also the danger and the price, of such activities?  

Met bijdragen van:

• Sana Yazigi
• Sarah Vanhee 
• Roschanack Shaery-Yazdi
• Hakan Topal
• Gurur Ertem
• Pascal Gielen
• Liselotte Sels

Locatie: Kunsthal Extra City, Eikelstraat 25-31, 2600 Berchem - 10:00 - 17:00

Programma

10:00 - 10:15  Introductie door Pascal Gielen & Sara Vanhee

10:15 - 11:00  Sana Yazigi: Artists as "citizens", dangers and challenges

11:00 - 11:20  Roschanack Shaery-Yazdi: Resistance in Syria past and present. Memory as a Political Project

11:20 - 12:00  Q&A

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 13:45  Hakan Topal: A Stage for Resistence: The Cultural Scene in Turkey

13:45 - 14:30  Gurur Ertem: Radical Politics, The Arts, and Social Hope

14:30 - 15:00  Q&A

15:00 - 15:45  Liselotte Sels: New music in the Islamic Republic of Iran

15:45 - 17:00  Q&A en debat

Partners

Een initiatief van Pascal Gielen in samenwerking met Centre for Political History, University of Antwerp, Kunsthal Extra City, Culture Commons Quest Office and Co.Labs Antwerp.