The Freedom to Develop What Is Necessary

A conversation between Alexandra Juhasz, Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning, Krista Belle Stewart and Richard William Hill, moderated by Richard Fung

Sat, Apr 2, 2022
Auditorium
7 pm
7€/5€ (incl. talk at 5 pm)

In English

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The ticket is also valid for the event A Conversation between Alanis Obomsawin and Monika Kin Gagnon on the same day at 5 pm. A separate ticket is required for the exhibition.

Mohawk women marching in solidarity during the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance near Oka, Quebec, 1990, Photo: John Kenney

In a 2020 interview, artist Maria Thereza Alves discussed the importance of having “the freedom to develop what is necessary.” Many artists with agendas for political or social change that are (or once were) outside the mainstream have struggled with the question of reconciling these agendas with the existing state of the media they work in, including Alanis Obomsawin. The contributors will discuss on the basis of Alves’s statement which, at the same time, also suggests a philosophical tension or implicit connection between freedom and necessity in political and ethical commitments.

With Alexandra Juhasz, Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning, Krista Belle Stewart and Richard William Hill, moderated by Richard Fung