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Art and Social Intervention: The Incidental Person Symposia

Kunst als Soziale Strategie
(Bonn, 1977) Podium discussion
between APG artists, from the
UK, and German ministers.
© Tate/O+I, 2004.
Photo: Chris Hamblin

Event Time [GMT]			Local Time
23 March 2005 13.30			23 Mar 2005 13.30

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Online Event Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes
Venue: Tate Britain

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In the 1970s, the Artist Placement Group (APG) set the stage for artists to produce radical political and social interventions in the UK and abroad. To celebrate the acquisition of the APG's records by Tate Archive, artists, government and the private sector are invited to explore its legacy. The event examines the ways artists have engaged with and socially transformed institutional structures, and formally challenges the government to address the role and relevance of the artist 'as incidental person'.

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Tessa Jowell MP, historian Nicholas Tresilian, artists Barbara Steveni, John Latham, Ian Breakwell, Stuart Brisley and David Hall have been invited, along with current practitioners, Kathrin Böhm, Andreas Lang, Platform and Barnaby Drabble.

See here for full programme details in .pdf format

See also the Artist Placement Group microsite. This website resource provides visitors with background information on the APG. Included is an introduction to the APG, a chronology of events related to their activities, a bibliography and an A-Z list of people involved in the organisation.

In collaboration with O+I and Supported by Arts Council England

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