The Artist as Dissenter- Aicha (Week Two of Presentations)

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
or how I sum it up
Why You Should Respect Opinion No Matter What

British philosopher, political economist and civil servant.

1. Respect everyone's opinion unconditionally even if you don't agree with them

2. Do not assume that your opinion is always the right one because there were many people who came before you and thought they were right when in fact they were wrong.

3. Do not be perpetually unsure of your opinion. Do not be afraid to voice your opinion, be open-minded. The wisest people in the world are people who came to their opinion after gathering information from both sides of the aisle.

Danger!!!

There is a certain danger in creating an environment which suppresses an opinion. 

                                                Harvey Milk, 1st openly gay mayor of SF

                                                                   MLK

                                                      Ida B.Wells, journalist who wrote about lynchings

                                                       Suffragettes

                                                          Copernicus

Second & Last Piece I will Refer To 

A Transgressive Work and Its Defences 

or as I summarize it 

Why you should respect Art (no matter what)
by Anthony Julius

 

Controversial art shakes things up.

It shatters illusions, exposes prejudice and allows us to see the world in a new light. (Julius)

The job of art is to shock us into some truth. Breaking boundaries should be admired. 

Society exists in two realms, the profane and the sacred. 

There are certain points in time and in history where there is a radical moment that makes everything stop in time. 

Sheppard Fairey Poster of Obama

                                                Banksy graffiti art of cats in Gaza

                                                   The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David