Art & activism - Can art change the world?

In the next ECHORAUM, we will address the question of whether art is an effective tool for social change. Can art move the world? In centimetres, millimetres or kilometres? Together we will discuss the role of art in activism and look at the exhibition The Resistance Quilt Project by artist Ren Aldridge, which deals with the topic of femicide. What responsibility do artists bear in social and political contexts? And which don't?

__
We should talk more about art, generally.

Instead of talking openly about problems, opinions, tastes and feelings, we usually say quite little. We prefer to just look, drink and listen.

That's what we want to do in the ECHORAUM, too. But at the same time, we want to talk. Or even better discuss, argue a little, and hopefully learn together. Or better yet unlearn? Every question is being worth asking. Every question deserves a possible answer.

We'll meet in the ECHORAUM four times a year, in a special setting designed by the artist Christina Helena Romirer in the FORUM STADTPARK and try to be an echo: an echo for current questions in art, fundamental controversies and for exhibitions and projects that are currently on view in Graz.