Online discussion
Social Art Network
Radical Imagination
16 September 2020
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About the event
The Radical Imagination finds us as social practice artists at the nexus of activism and the art we make on the multiple platforms that we use; here we shall explore what this emerging practice feels like from the inside out.
In this SAN digital meetup, we throw the doors open to explore the diverse works of ten social practice artists in small decentralised workshops, and ask how our collective practices can inform and lead theory around the radical imagination, rather than the other way around.
The enforced ‘hiatus’ that we are experiencing during the Covid19 pandemic has led many of us out ‘on to the streets’ either physically or in digital real time, during the huge social and political upheaval and resistances taking place across the world; Critical responses to the inequalities thrown up by the violence of capitalism have created opportunities for us to foster collective resources to inform a symbiotic Social Art Network that values differences at the heart of The Radical Imagination. We know from Me Too, LGBT+ rights, Black Lives Matter, the fights for climate, housing and poverty justice, that intersectional struggles require us to decolonise ourselves as a part of developing new ways of working. So what mutual support structures do we need to develop as new, radical forms of collaborative practices come into being?