Conference on “activism in art” on May 5 at the Centre Pompidou

As part of the cycle of conferences and meetings of the Festival Hors pistes, the Center Pompidou proposes to “Exhibiting Research in Art” / The Conference: “Activism in Art” will take place on May 5, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. (1:30 a.m.), in the Small room of the Center Pompidou, Paris.

Free admission subject to availability of seats

How to react through a cultural and artistic approach to the challenges of a society increasingly disturbed on the ecological level? How can scientific research be enhanced by contemporary art projects? And how do artists and cultural institutions contribute to solving ecological and environmental issues? It is through an approach of the activist artist and his entourage (institutions, associations, researchers) that we try to understand and identify the role of ecological activism in art and in contemporary society.

This conference is organized as part of a collaboration between students from the University of Paris 1 and students from the School of Arts of Cergy, as part of a series of conferences on the theme “Exposing Research in Art”, University of Paris 1 – M2 Sciences et techniques de l’exposition/UMR ACTE/École nationale supérieure d’arts de Paris-Cergy

With Loïc Fel, co-founder of the association COAL, a collective working on the joint issues of art and environment, and Jorge Orta, Argentinean multidisciplinary artist.
Meeting moderated by students Renata Bellanova, Pietro Della Giustina and Firouzeh Saghafi

Organizers : SDC / Les cinémas, S. Pras, G. Gomez

Site : www.centrepompidou.fr