KUNSTVERMITTLUNG | SOCIAL ART PRACTICE

This type of art, which has been gaining momentum since the 1960s, can go by many names: socially engaged practice, community art, new genre public art, and activist art, among others. What unites these approaches is a new take on who holds the power, shifting agency away from institutions and even artists, and giving ordinary people the ability to create meaningful change in unprecedented ways.

Despite all this, you might be wondering: where’s the art? The answer is that it lies in the people who take part in it, the actions they take, and the change they create. Instead of just portraying or reflecting the power structures around us, activist or socially engaged art addresses those structures directly. In doing so, it becomes a kind of social or political currency, and creates the conditions for society to shift. It’s arte útil, or „useful art.“

Quelle: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/s/socially-engaged-practice