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https://cap.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
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Happy V-Day from CAP! Rooted in 1970s anti-normativity, punk artists have long overlapped with eco-liberation movements. Musicians like
#EarthCrisis
remind us that subjective and political interests are not exclusive to our own species. Human or not, we must love the whole lot. đ
#PoliticalArt
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New Ethic
YouTube video by Earth Crisis - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M06PfqSEwPg
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What does it mean to story-tell with animals? Artist-activist Sam Lee explores a legacy of bardism and ecological listening by singing with
#nightingales
, endangered in the UK. Lee's interactions are always imbued with some magic, much virtuosity, and a total commitment to connection.
#PoliticalArt
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Singing with Nightingales | Sam Lee
https://samleesong.co.uk/projects/singing-with-nightingales-2/
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This week, CAP is spotlighting
@pattiegonia.bsky.social
! Nature has often been weaponised against or gate-kept from transqueer folks, but this drag artist is challenging that. With her body as the queer canvass, Gonia paints herself with recycled materials and eco-social activism.
#PoliticalArt
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Pattie Gonia
Pattie Gonia is a critically acclaimed artist, environmentalist and drag queen. SAVE HER! - their environmental drag show will go on tour spring 2024. Their music is avaliable on all streaming platfor...
https://www.pattiegonia.net
27 days ago
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As a way to combat the dehumanisation buttressing hostile
#architecture
, Australian architect Sean Godsellâs creations explore urban interventions which make shelter more accessible to people without housing whilst encouraging us to protract who we make kin and neighbour.
#politicalart
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Sean Godsell Architects
https://www.seangodsell.com/park-bench-house
30 days ago
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âSilent Testimonyâ by Belfast-born artist Colin Davidson is a collection of portraits illustrating stories of loss (and their faces) during the Troubles of Northern Ireland. Like the last
#PoliticalArt
spotlight, these individuals ask of us reflections on the responsibilities of our own identities.
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Silent Testimony - Colin Davidson
Silent Testimony, an exhibition of portrait paintings by Colin Davidson, reveals the stories of eighteen people who are connected by their individual experiences of loss through the Troubles â a turbu...
https://www.colindavidson.com/silent-testimony-2015/
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Happy New Year from CAP! With resolutions come considerations of rebirth and identityâwho we are and who we want to be, as self and as community. To aid in these considerations is St Andrewsâ Wardlaw Museumâs exhibit on
#Scottish
identity. Come reflect with us!
#PoliticalArt
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From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity
What makes a nation? Scotland has its own unique place in the world. It is a nation that is constantly
https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/from-these-parts-scotland-art-and-identity/
about 2 months ago
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For all in and around St Andrews, we hope that you will join us! đđ
cap.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events-2/
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Dec 25th marks the birth of Jesus, a Jewish revolutionary who taught amity and decried retributive politics. In
#PalestineMuseumScotland
, one work swaddles Christ's anti-oppression activism around modern anti-imperialist theory (âA Palestinian Theology of Liberationâ, Ateek).
#PoliticalArtSpotlight
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âGarden Futuresâ at
@vadundee.bsky.social
troubled its temporality. A gardener is future-tense: âWhere/when will my plants thrive?â But a garden itself is a cultivation of past lessonsâsome freeing, some unjust. To speculate a gardenâs future, we must first root its past.
#PoliticalArtistSpotlight
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Upon witnessing a legion of Confederate army statues in Richmond, VA, Kehinde Wiley responded with a Black-affirming statue of his own. With many Richmond-based Dixie symbols now deconstructed, Wileyâs abides as a bronze reminder of how public symbols reflect our values.
#PoliticalArtSpotlight
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Rumors of War, Times Square | Kehinde Wiley Studio
https://kehindewiley.com/special-projects/rumors-of-war-times-square/
2 months ago
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Reminding us that art includes non-fiction composition is âThe Psychic Lives of Statuesâ, an Odyssean read which skilfully stories the colonial politics of moulded memorials. This text by
@rahulraothariel.bsky.social
will segue into next weekâs
#PoliticalArtSpotlight
, so stay tuned!
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The Psychic Lives of Statues - Pluto Press
An exploration of global statue controversies and cultural memory
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/the-psychic-lives-of-statues/
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Our
#PoliticalArtSpotlight
would like to introduce Ren Loren Britton, a trans*disciplinary artist-designer who reverberates with trans*feminism, technosciences, radical pedagogy and disability justice. Check out Renâs website to join their adventures, such as âCoalition Constellationâ!
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Ren Loren Britton
https://www.lorenbritton.com/
3 months ago
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This week's
#PoliticalArtSpotlight
honours the work of the Barbadian-Scottish artist, Alberta Whittle. Despite vastness of matter and discipline, Whittle's art returns itself (and us) to the philosophy of self-compassion and community health as central correctives to anti-blackness.
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alberta whittle
alberta whittle
https://www.albertawhittle.com/
3 months ago
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Each week, CAP will offer a
#PoliticalArtSpotlight
where we will share different multimedia artists critically exploring sociocultural issues and agencies. This week, we are thrilled to feature âWindow to Freedomâ at the International Art Biennial of Antioquia and MedellĂn! Read more below:
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Bi_AM 2025 - International Art Biennial of Antioquia and MedellĂn
2 October - 25 November 2025, Colombia. Curators: Lucrecia Piedrahita, Ăscar RoldĂĄn. Titel: Art a Window to Freedom. 130 artists and groups.
https://universes.art/en/bi-am/2025
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The Centre for Art and Politics at the University of St Andrews is thrilled to launch our Bluesky page. We invite you to follow us to keep up to date with art-related news, upcoming events, and opportunities for involvement! đ¨â
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