5 Ways Art Could Change the World (and many reasons it might not)

​While synchronous attendance is encouraged, a ticket also entitles you to a recording of the session.

​In a world overflowing with both grave political problems and algorithmically-generated images, can art change the world? Or is that a romantic myth?

​In this interactive workshop meant for artists, activists, and interventionists, we’ll consider five possible ways art could contribute to political struggles, as well as difficulties that tend to arise when artists and movements try to do this.

​Together (and individually), we’ll

• ​Analyse whether art is good at motivating people, gathering them together, educating them, and more

• ​consider where art-based strategies often fail, looking at empirical data

• ​have a chance to make our own artistic plans based on our own particular ethos and theory of power

• ​plan in advance for what frequently goes wrong

• ​choose a strategy to change the world

​Come TO THINK ABOUT GIANT QUILTS AND PUPPETS

​STAY TO CONCRETISE YOUR POLITICAL STRATEGY

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​Dr Sarah Stein Lubrano has a background in feminist activism, mutual aid, and other local organising as well as teaching in prisons. She holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and a Master’s degree from the University of Cambridge. She was previously the Head of Content at The School of Life and wrote obituaries. Her first book, Don’t Talk About Politics: Changing 21st Century Minds, is out now. That book and her forthcoming book delve into social atrophy, the shrinking and changing of the brain due to social isolation - and the societal problems that cause this.