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Rethinking Yugoslav Art II: Charting Liberation: Insights on Art from Yugoslav Socialism and Post-Socialism I

Sat, November 23, 12:00 to 1:45pm EST (12:00 to 1:45pm EST), Boston Marriott Copley Place, Floor: 3rd Floor, Simmons

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In his 1959 book The Necessity of Art, Ernst Fischer analyzed art’s nature in relation to capitalism and the capacity of art to mobilize social critique while paying particular attention to the question of alienation. “In a decaying society,” Fischer wrote, “art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.” Alienation is a ghost, haunting artistic production. Consequently, the focal inquiry of this panel is: How might art integrate the requirements of both nature and humanity and join the struggle against alienation, and in turn, become an integral component of the process of emancipation and liberation? Although various forms and discourses of art have argued for art's role as a progressive force, the pertinent query revolves around genuinely emancipatory art practices, particularly in the context of class struggle. We would like to examine what emancipatory art could look like, tracing some of its basic contours. Each paper analyzes a different aspect of artistic/cultural production in the region of Yugoslavia, both during socialism and after, in order to highlight how Yugoslav socialist project created a unique social and political environment that made it possible for art to become an integral part of emancipatory politics. This session is the first of two panels dealing with art, culture and emancipation. This panel hopes to contribute to the field of New Yugoslav Studies

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