In 2010 I was invited to participate in a couple of seminars, talks and meetings, which examined the role of the artist in a political context. Reports from two of these were recently published and are available online.
The Folke Bernadotte Academy arranged three very interesting seminars in cooperation with Vox Pacis and Sensus in 2010, which examined how art and culture could contribute to conflict resolution processes. It included culture producers, academics and professionals with experience from diplomacy and conflict resolution. I participated in two sessions and held a short introduction to my project The Polynational War Memorial on the third occassion. A report from the seminars have been published in a brochure that can be downloaded here. (in Swedish)
The store and gallery for contemporary jewelry in Stockholm - Platina - recently published a summary from the talks held in connection with the exhibition I care a lot. This jury selected exhibition was an attempt to examine the connection between politics and contemporary jewelry with focus on the situation in the Middle East and a series of seminars were held during the exhibition. Read the summary at the klimt02 community blog. (in English)
I've also started up a new blog: #konstpol., which will focus on issues revolving around art and politics from a Swedish perspective. (in Swedish)
