Culture Panel

Art can often say what words cannot. With ever more sounds, images and words flooding the internet, politically engaged art is thriving again and becoming ever more extreme. Artists often push boundaries, proving thought-provoking perspectives on social, economic or political inequalities where others cannot. But can artists really strengthen the focus on the root causes of inequality or do they merely tend towards objectification or simplification? Where does art end and protest begin? When does art cross the line from provocative and confronting to detrimental and distasteful? And do you have to be media effective to be protest effective?