Collectivity | Connectivity, a panel discussion moderated by Tiffany Chung, featuring Naiza Khan, Merv Espina, and Grupo Contrafilé
UCSB Visiting Artist Colloquium, Spring 2021
Santa Barbara, USA | 15 April 2021
As part of AGENCY | URGENCY: Learning with the Global South program, this panel discussion features artists with individual practices but also work collectively and collaboratively. The invited speakers will discuss different models of collectivity, collaboration or partnership across the global south and in the U.S., present their artworks as the visual reflection of their social engagement and civic responsibility, and unpack how commonality and mutual aid are forms of political participation that can transform and sustain communities including the arts. The speakers will trace the formation of their associated collectives/initiatives that responded to particular historical moments or specific needs of their communities, reflecting on the experiences that can be learned from and re-imagined in different cultural and socio-political contexts, across time and terrain.