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Aaron Terry lectured at Moscow's British Higher School of Art and Design
on his current General University Research Grant-funded project focusing on art’s role in reflecting the
current political climate. In today’s “Post Cold War” climate, we are no
longer presented with news limited to newspapers, radio and television.
Instead, we are faced with innumerable perspectives from the many
printed and online news publications and through social media. It can at
times feel impossible to ascertain one truth or set of truths regarding
what is going on in our world: locally or abroad. We subscribe to
Twitter’s 280 character limit at the potential expense of “Post Truth
Politics”: often appealing to our emotions rather than to factual
information. Throughout the Cold War, artists played a major role in
vocalizing support and dissent of Cold War policies. This work was often
subversively presented to the public (in private and in public), in
contrast to the news media in presenting us with curated, current
events.
For the month of January, Aaron was an artist in residence
at Fabrika Center for Creative Industries in Moscow. During his time in
residence (as part of a GUR Grant), he worked at the PiranesiLAB
Printshop to create a series of prints for the first exhibition of 2020
at Fabrika, opening on Jan.31.
https://britishdesign.ru/en/about/events/175887/
http://fabrikacci.ru/en/
https://www.piranesilab.ru/
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Aaron Terry Exhibition and Lecture on Art & Politics in Moscow, Russia
undergrad; grad
2/12/2020
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