Art and Power

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Art and power : two words that don’t seem to naturally fit together. Power conveys a sense of influence, drama, action, and suggests a variety of intense images – the roar of rockets, waves crashing against a rocky shoreline, … In contrast, for many of us, art conjures images of contemplation in a quiet museum, beautiful landscapes with soft pastel tones that comfortably immerse us into a relaxing place or moment. Yet, throughout the annals of time and history, there is a continual evidence : words and images are powerful. Art through centuries (including painting, sculpture, speech, cinematography, photograph, literature, music ...) has shown a persistent power to impact and influence human emotions and perceptions by making people feel and think, and to directly impact or influence a range of endeavors and events ...

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How does the relationship between art and power embody the characteristics of each geographical area studied, during different time periods ?

What are the different ways that art can be used : as a tool used for power, a tool against power, as a form of political expression, ... ?

How do those in power rely on art or artists to be celebrated, legitimised or supported ?

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censorship

architecture (residences, institutional structures, ...)

posters

street art

painting (portraits, religious art)

music (propaganda films, patriotic films)

avant-garde

caricatures

official art

counterculture

resistance

underground

art with a purpose

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Voices from America

Art and Advertising

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Voices from America : How is Hip-Hop connecting people ?

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Rap music

Rap music is a major music genre and a highly commercialized business, very successful in the entire planet. A great power of rap music is to unify and connect people. A lot of people love rap music because it’s very entertaining : it makes people dance, clap and foot tap. Hence, they gather around the rapper and create a community. There is, in the roots of rap music, a spirit of protest : it originally allowed underrepresented black teenagers to express themselves, and to feel better. Today rap music remains extremely meaningful : it conveys a message or promotes values that can be very wise. There is always a message behind the lyrics that can denounce poverty, city life, violence in bad areas, violence against women, racism, … Therefore, rap music is a way to impact people on a worldwide scale and make a change in society. For example, a lot of rappers denounce police violences against black community in the US, saying that “Words are better” than violence. In addition, rap music is mainly listened by young people. So it’s a way to educate, uplift, enrich them with different opinions. Rappers can be role models for young people. For example, Kendrick Lamar is committed to a mentoring program in which he helps children. He acts as a role model to those children because he began like those young people and managed to succeed in his life.

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Spirit of protest

Black Rights

Evolution

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Message

Role model

Controversy

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Political rally

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Up to what extent associating art and advertising is relevant in terms of power ?

Art and Advertising : a complicated affair

Storytelling

Parody vs satire

Street Art

ARTvertisement

Norman Rockwell

Spoof for thought

Hook customers

Association

The Barefoot Boy

Division

Advertising and fiction

Denunciation

Coca Cola

A new form of art ?

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The relationship between art and advertising has always been a complicated affair...

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Citizenship and virtual worlds

Diversity and inclusion

Identity and exchanges

Territory and memory

Today, digital platforms are changing the extent of art power ...

​Art can be a way to remember ...

Art can be part of the culture of a group of persons ...

Art can be part of the identity of a country or a group of persons ...

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The Power of the Cross

The Power of the Crown

• royalty
• celebration
• influence
• power

• religious art

• magnificent splendor
• sense of something special
• teachings

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The Power of Patriotism

The Power of Illumination

• discovery
• fascination
• imagination
• opening of one’s mind

• anthem
• gather
• triumph
• powerful

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The Power of Imagery on Senses

The Power of Beguilement and Curiosity

• vibrant
• sense
• emotion
• expression

• surrealistic art
• destabilizing
• stimulating
• engaging

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Street art and gentrification

The great Depression

• economic crisis
• Dust Bowl
• protestation
• expression

• vandalism
• value
• gentrification
• denunciation

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What does architecture reveal about history and power ?

How did the protest songs of the 1960s and 1970s change society ?

• identity
• influence
• display power

• globalization

• counterculture
• protest songs
• question
• emotions

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