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UEL event looks at ‘the art’ of protest

Monday 28 February 2011

A seminar being held by the University of East London’s Centre for Cultural Studies and Research, this Wednesday, will look at the roles art and music have to play in public protests.

The right to protest against issues we feel strongly about is an essential cornerstone of any free society but what about the semiotics of public demonstration? Does collective disenfranchisement create its own artistic and creative movements and genres and do particular artists or styles flourish in this environment?

Three highly-respected experts in this field, Dan Hancox (journalist), Jesse Darling (multi-media artist) and Adam Harper (journalist and blogger), will be addressing this issue at an event to take place on the University’s Docklands campus, this Wednesday, 2 March.

Also speaking will be author, DJ and record producer, Steve Goodman, along with Associate Dean of the University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Andrew Blake.

Proceedings will be chaired by Jeremy Gilbert, author of the book Anticapitalism and culture.

The event starts at 2pm in room EB.1.07 on the first floor of the Docklands campus East Building. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

Photo credit Billy Hicks.

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