We are all addressing the politics of the liberal, progressive Left and their latent colonial and Orientalist desires.
We are all interested in race and ethnicity as manifested in the Americas and internationally.
Some initial questions:
What is the role of personal identity and politics in art making? Does it matter that you are what you interrogate? (ie, a white person studying a non-white population vs. what we're doing as people who identify as the population we're working on)
What's up with apolitical art? Can art responsibly avoid politics?
How does solidarity function in art that addresses multiple/plural identities?
Interview Questions:
for Laila
How will your project facilitate solidarity/productive communication between multiple/plural identities?
How does your project intervene in the politics of the liberal, progressive Left?
How does this work challenge hegemonic standards of art making?
What is the role of personal identity and politics in your project?
What role does the artist play in the making and representation of communities?
How and in what context will your project be used by the participating communities?
for Miki
How do narrative structures inform/drive your project, and how do you plan to integrate the mutability of participatory elements in your manifestation of those stories?
How does your project intervene in the politics of the liberal, progressive Left?
What is the role of personal identity and politics in your project?
How does this work challenge hegemonic standards of art making?
Considering audiences from different socio-ethnic backgrounds, do you think you would tailor your project for different audiences? If so, then how?
How does your project intervene in the politics of the liberal, progressive Left?
What is the role of personal identity and politics in your project?
How does this work challenge hegemonic standards of art making?
Where or does the aesthetic quality of the consumer product itself end and the art begin? How does the work address the distinction between art and consumer good?
To what extent is the use of technology relevant to your project? And could you consider the politics of new media outside of a digital context?
What role does personal consumption practices, on the part of the artist, play in your project?
Why chocolate? It seems that chocolate is a food group that has strong stories and signifiers attached to to it. How do you take that into consideration in your project?
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