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Language, Symbolism and Power

NON XCHANGE: LANGUAGE, SYMBOLISM AND POWER

2 Jun 2017

The opening event of NON XCHANGE, this panel discussion focuses upon individual and collective bodies that come together in resistance to existing hierarchies of power and structures of oppression. Departing from the performativity of the United Nations as a theatrical platform for global politics, the speakers consider and reflect upon how artists can create social spaces that disrupt the flow of power. How does our investment in a notion of ‘global identity’ tie us to the valuation of certain notions of community and the rejection of other evident bodies?

The panel is chaired by curator and writer Osei Bonsu and speakers include artist, DJ and writer Juliana Huxtable, Professor Akwugo Emejulu (University of Warwick) and filmmaker and academic Kodwo Eshun (Goldsmiths University).

Speaker biographies

  • Osei Bonsu
  • Akwugo Emejulu
  • Kodwo Eshun
  • Juliana Huxtable

When

E.g., 27-08-2021
E.g., 27-08-2021