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Should art be political?

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30 January 2017

Episode 277

29 minutes


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We take a look at the responsibility of art to represent the opinions of the world in today's political climate.

30 January 2017

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Should art be political?

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Robert Bound is joined by Ossian Ward, head of content at the Lisson Gallery, and Marisa Mazria Katz, editor of ‘Creative Time Reports’, to discuss art's role in representing political feelings.

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Danae Stratou

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Greek artist Stratou's latest piece of work sets out to voice the feelings of a particular place at a particular time. Through an online form she invites people to write down one word that represents something they fear or something they want to protect, and these words then appear in black boxes within the country they have been submitted from.

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