As creative antagonists, we are often left with the task of putting out the fires of modernity, unable to contend with the larger structural and systemic issues which continually reignite those very same flames. How then do ‘we’ build moments, spaces and movements that ultimately result in lasting, generative change to such structures?
Panelists:
Alex Furtado Melville (Managing Director at Concrete Blossom)
Chaewon Kong (Anti-Racist Collective Member, BA Student)
Emirhakin (he/him) (Artist/Designer, Sandberg Institute Graduate)
Kirtis Clarke (Graphic Designer & MA Contextual Design student)
Mechteld Jungerius (The Critical Inquiry Lab, MA)
Samein Shamsher (Social Design, MA)
Moderator:
Gyonne Goedhoop (Moderator, Writer, VSB matchmaker & Programmer at TENT)
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