Art and Power 2009: blogging art, power, and politics

Once a website for the 2008 University of Leeds Art and Power conference,  this is now a blog for contributions and discussions about art and power in whatever shape or form. Postings will appear now and again, the logic and form  of which yet to be determined. For now, visit the ‘Artist’ page of this site, on which there are some questions posed by the conference’s guest artist and a debate about art that may or may not still be running.

Also for the time being, here’s a poem by the recently passed Harold Pinter that’s been on my mind lately as I contemplate American president Bush’s last days in office, read David Harvey’s A Brief History of Neoliberlism, and watch Israel use American and British weapons to turn Gaza into a parking lot:

Democracy
There’s no escape.
The big pricks are out.
They’ll fuck everything in sight.
Watch your back.

Februrary 2003

I dedicate this poem to the Palestinians in Gaza, and of course to HP.

A&P