Festivals & Events

Should Artists Be Politicians?

Do you think that it is right to mix the two different mediums of artists i.e. (Media and Entertainment) and the politicians i.e. (The People) who run the government in the first place?  Rahul

Is there anyone here who’d like to be a politician?  Can we workshop your campaign for you?  Angharad

What would make for a healthy exchange?  Polly

Do politicians have the power anyway?  Ian

Is high culture an agent of control or dissent?  Will

What about articulated eye-washing politics?  Ishrat

Taxes: good or bad?  Discuss.  Tim

A politician who says he isn’t acting is acting. An actor who says he isn’t political is being political. Discuss.  D

Should activism be taught in school?  Sally

What’s an artist?  Shelley

Should/ what about audiences being politicians too?  Karen

How do we/ artists reach the non-converted, rather than preach to the converted?  James

What is the point of art if not to invoke change?  Eyal

To what extent is The Lift a ‘new parliament’?   Louisa

How to overcome the fear of responsibility?  Hannah

What does it mean to be a politician?  Tracey

Can artists break the political control of tick-boxes and meaningless evaluation/ Can you fill in a tick box questionnaire for me?  There’s a free prize draw.  Paddy

Can we draw a picture of politics?  Jen

Which artistic strategies can actually affect society?  Karen

A ‘network’ of political art?  Tomm

How should artists respond to the growing political and cultural confidence of the PR China?  Bruno

I like Gordon Brown. Any suggestions for an artistic response to media discrediting?  Gill

What would/ could an artists’ parliament do?  Margred