Association for Historical Dialogue and Research
The workshop introduces diverse ways of looking at and engaging with public art. Art in general (painting, sculpture, music, literature, etc.) has the capacity to help understand and form a fundamental sense of self, and can be considered as a repository of a society's collective memory. Public artworks like monuments, statues, sculptures, can be instrumental in representing a place, people and in turn, affecting a society’s ideation of basic concepts such as selfhood, gender, identity, hierarchies, inequalities, limitations, and representations.
Examining the ways we look at and understand public art in intersectional public spaces, is important in exploring how we relate to and define the concepts of the self through gender, identity and power dynamics. Public art can be a reflective tool to help us explore and mirror familiar-unfamiliar feelings, and approaches to such examples can provide ways to help us identify and discuss our experiences by using tools such as colour, expression, and language.
Time and place: 31 October 2025, 15:30 – 17:00, Ledra Palas
Language: English
Number of participants: 25
