Address: ul. "Emil Berzinski" 5, 1408 Yuzhen, Sofia | Event Map | Venue Accessibility

10:00 - 10:50 EEST | 08:00 - 08:50 BST | 09:00 - 09:50 EET | 09:00 - 09:50 CEST | 15:00 - 15:50 SGT | 16:00 - 16:50 JST/KST | 18:00 - 18:50 AEDT | 00:00 - 00:50 PST

Apart from very small groups of indigenous people, the rest of the world population has lineage connected to colonisation, settling and migration. Contemporary cultures result from translocal flows of people, technology, capital, media and ideas. They are shaped by hybridisation and cultural exchange, and yet identity-based political tribalism seems to be gaining ground globally. Society at large is experiencing burnout symptoms, such as social unrest and polarisation, prolonged economic downturns, environmental degradation, political instability, loss of cultural vitality and cohesion. 

How can artists continue to make work when feeling the effects of this turbulence, and what role can institutions play in supporting them?

Through a number of historic and contemporary examples the lecture will trace how artists have reflected and responded to political and social challenges, and look into cultural policies and management models that could break a crisis cycle.

Speaker

Margarita Dorovska, Curator Christo And Jeanne-Claude Center, Bulgaria

This session will be captioned and broadcasted online on Howlround.tv. Access the livestream on the day here.