Sunday, May 27, 2007

Politics vs Art

How suscipious are we for what art can offer? What is the role of art in public imagination and democratic participation? Who has the real power--politics or art? Or are these notions more than two mutually exclusive terms?

Sculptor Antony Gormley, film-maker Penny Woolcock, Matthew Taylor--chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts in England, and Rushanara Ali--associate director of the Young Foundation discuss the aforementioned questions in a panel chaired by Madeleine Bunting--associate editor of the Guardian.

Hear the debate.