Title: Art and Power
Eighth Student Summer Symposium
University of St Andrews
5-7 July 2007

The relationship between art and power has,
throughout history, continuously shifted between
the creative expressions of artists and their
response to the various frameworks and networks
of exchange. This interaction has in many ways
determined the patterns of development within the
arts, particularly with regard to the formulations
of style and subject.

It has been over 10 years since the exhibition
"Art and Power: Europe under the dictators
1930-1945". This exhibition prompted the
exploration of image making under totalitarianism
in Europe and the plight of the individual artist
under the control of these political bodies. In
public, the arts were politicized to serve and
disperse the ideological messages of the state.
This conference aims to open up this schema. It
provides an opportunity to expand upon these
themes of art and power to the manner in which
artists responded to the innumerable constructs
of power dispersed throughout the social system.
It also aims to diversify the scope of this
exhibition by enlarging the historical parameters
to all geographical and ideological realms.

This year's AAH Student Summer Symposium intends
to contextualize how the persistent and diverse
dialogue between art and power has persevered
through the history of art to the present. Papers
may consider but not be limited to:

The politics of identity: race, class, gender, sexuality and
nationality
The politics of display, viewership and ownership
The power of institutions (the academy, patronage networks, courts)
Colonial and post-colonial ideology
Urban planning and architecture
The power of the art market
The collaborative creativity of artists
The nation/state
* Encrypted and underground art

For the opportunity to present a 20-minute paper
in an informal atmosphere with other postgraduate
students, send a 300 - word abstract by 7 April
2007 to Maria Halkias mh57st-andrews.ac.uk .

AAH membership is necessary.

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