Brussels-based curator and dramaturg Nedjma Hadj Benchelabi writes about the art scene in her city, and how it is and isn't addressing contemporary social and political needs.
Sylvia Botella interviews Belgium-based theatre historian Olivier Neveux about his thoughts on populism, decomocratizing access to culture, and the political responsibility of the artist. /
Sylvia Botella interview l’historien de théâtre belge à propos de ses pensées sur le populisme,
la démocratisation de l'accès à la culture et la responsabilité politique de l'artiste.
Sylvia Botella interviews sociologist Éric Fassin about his views on the connection between sociology, the performing arts, and politics in the age of populism.
Project Curie City presented a performance of WarSawSirenaF451—scenes by Warsaw women—livestreamed from Paris, France on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 15 December. In Twitter, follow @HowlRoundTV and use #howlround.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Kris Verdonck Artist Talk: Listen to the Bloody Machine—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 25 May at 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York). On Twitter use #HowlRound.
A project of IIPM and NTGent, in cooperation with Akademie der Künste
A biweekly livestream with experts of change from around the world: artists, activists, politicians and philosophers.
Series
Art in the Age of Populism
IETM Brussels
Populism may be considered as an ideology, a movement, or simply a style. Some may perceive it as a weapon against democracy, because it shrinks the space for plurality; some may view it as democracy's last vessel of hope, because it brings politics closer to the people. This series explores how the Belgian arts sector confronts this complex phenomenon.
