Art for democracy experiment
Run time: 12.00 – 13.00
How can we democratise museums and make them tools of social change?
Take part in a lively, hybrid workshop with researchers from Liverpool John Moores University and people streaming in from the ZKM Center for Art and Media in Germany.
We’ll experiment with cybernetic tools of discussion and decision making, as we explore how places like museums, galleries and universities could be more open and democratic.
‘Cybernetics’ were pioneered by the British theorist Stafford Beer. They underpinned the ‘Cybersyn’ project in Chile in the early 1970s, a futuristic plan to create a modern socialist economy.
The workshop will use Stafford Beer’s ideas to spark conversations about socialism, technology and democratising public institutions.
Together we’ll develop ideas for how universities and museums can meaningfully become more transparent.
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