Democracy and community

Kontopoulou, A. (2017) Democracy and community. In: Bicknell, A. (ed.) BP Art Exchange: Sowing Seeds, Generating Art, Ideas and a Connected Global Community. Tate Publishing, London, pp. 88-98.

Abstract/Summary

What does an international community of art exchange look like? What forms of knowledge can it create and how might this be achieved? The book gives clear and detailed examples of the work undertaken through TATE's BP Art Exchange programme from 2014-2017. The book demonstrates how artists explored ideas with students and how these were frequently based on current issues at stake for the young people involved, such as the politics of representation, concepts of democracy and free speech, power and difference.