Public Sharing: Long Now Lab #3 – Art and Activism: Movement from the micro to the macro

During 5 sessions spread over the last three months, a group of 15 people have been working together in our Long Now Lab. ‘Movement’ in its different connotations – from dance to social movements- has been our common threat throughout the five sessions designed by Paula Chaves Bonilla. Zooming in and out from the micro to the macro spheres, sessions have reflected around issues of solidarity, inclusive spaces/art institutions, collective engagement, playfulness, agency, social justice, climate justice, empowerment, protest, civil disobedience and self-sovereignty.

On the 5th of December, the participants will share the result of their research on Art and Activism. You’re very welcome to join this public sharing session!

Some questions that were investigated during Long Now Lab #3:

What does it mean to politicize our gaze both as individuals, part of a society and as artists, cultural workers, curators responsible for cultural production?

How can we protect our visions and movements from the subsuming social media trends that commodify and neutralise our fight for social justice? 

What are the gaps between aesthetics and ethics in a visually oriented society that tends towards shock culture?