The Politics of Art and Displacement: A Conversation Curated by the Illuminator from first furee Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 72 min 90 sec ✓ Published: 16-Nov-2016
Description: It is well understood that real estate developers and landlords use the arts, and artists, to usher in waves of gentrification that ultimately displace neighborhood residents. As politically engaged artists we ask ourselves whether or not our instrumentalization is inevitable. In addition to being implicated in this destructive process, how can we constructively and consciously engage in the resistance to displacement?In this conversation with organizers, activists, and artists, we will dig in
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