Critiques of Socially Engaged Practice
Starting where I left off in the last post I want to consider some of the critique that comes up with Socially engaged practice/art. There is a very interesting article from the Guardian in 2008 here. It considers how Socially Engaged Art is/has been seen as activism, combines with…
Socially Engaged Practice?
The first port of call in looking at how Socially Engaged practice is 'shown' within the art world is to ensure I understand what others consider it to be. So here are some links I found on Socially Engaged Practice, helpfully starting with a definition as found on the TATE website. 'Socially…
Resolved Work in Socially Engaged Practice
Unlike the title suggests this is not a post giving suggestions for What is considered Resolved Work for Socially Engaged Practice.... it is instead my own question around how artists manage this? Perhaps this will be my next essay..... My practice is pretty varied, and it takes shape from the collaborations,…
Statements In Semaphore update
Over the past few months I have been working on the organisational side of the project Statements In Semaphore and this month we finally started the first series of workshops with a group of Women from You trust in Hampshire. I have several personal aims for this project. I want to…
On Interpretation
[caption id="attachment_1630" align="aligncenter" width="300"] SBM TV Productions 2017[/caption] "..interpretation is not (as most people assume) an absolute value, a gesture of mind situated in some timeless realm of capabilities. Interpretation must itself be evaluated, within a historical view of human consciousness. In some cultural contexts, interpretation is a liberating…