11.10.2010 | Venue: Bétonsalon, 9 Esplanade Pierre Vidal-Naquet, 75013 Paris, France

Public Talk with Artur Zmijewski

Artur Żmijewski in conversation with Pierre Bal-Blanc, Director of CAC Brétigny

Monday, October 11, 2010, 7 pm

Venue

Bétonsalon

9 Esplanade Pierre Vidal-Naquet

75013 Paris, France

The conversation will adress Żmijewski’s text Applied Social Arts published in 2007 in the Polish magazine Krytyka Polityczna.

Extract:

“Does contemporary art have any visible social impact? Can the effects of an artist’s work be seen and verified? Does art have any political significance – besides serving as a whipping boy for various populists? Is it possible to engage in a discussion with art – and is it worth doing so? Most of all, why are questions of this kind viewed as a blow against the very essence of art?”

The conversation will be held in English.

Including a screening of Them / Sie (2007)

Presented in the framework of “12 Gestures”, a seminar organized by Kadist Art Foundation and Bétonsalon

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