Based on the idea that every human being is an artist, the expanded concept of art, or in other words: social sculpture, offers a new, viable understanding of the human being. What does the expanded concept of art, i.e. social sculpture, mean? Why is it so vital in order to practice truly humane - and thus also ecological - forms of living and working, of economy, of science, of education and politics? Some key ideas in this lecture build on the work of interdisciplinary artist Shelley Sacks, director of the Social Sculpture Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University, with whom Hildegard Kurt collaborates.
Hildegard Kurt is a cultural researcher and social sculpture practicioner at "and. Institute for Art, Culture and Sustainability" in Berlin, Germany, and "Social Sculpture Research Unit" at Oxford Brookes University (GB).