Image: Zuleika Lebow, “Gloves Off (Marigold)” 2020 [Detail]
Hosted and supported by the School of Fine Art of Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges, UAL
Thursday 23 June 2022, 10am — 12 noon
Although it is becoming socially respected to challenge Colonialism, Racism, Ableism, and Patriarchy as systems of social domination, in the consumer societies, art, design, and communication education remain entangled within the systems and values of Capitalism. Yet while implicated within the problems, creative and critical practices still have vital potential to engage, inspire and transform.
- What obstacles are delaying or preventing progress towards climate justice?
- Which capacities and tendencies of art and design could contribute to climate justice?
- What can creative Higher Education institutions bring to climate justice, and how might these institutions be transformed in the process?
Contributors and participants are invited to engage with these and related questions, sharing different perspectives and approaches, while highlighting the crucial role of cultural practice and action.
