Artwashing London #2: Art’s complex web of financial investments – an ethical dilemma

The first post in this series, Artwashing London, explored V22 and its alter-ego V220 in a little detail, linking its group of companies to its headquarters in the Isle of Man.  It asked why would an arts organisation apparently interested in social impact want to register its activities in a tax haven?

This second post looks in more detail at some more of V22’s connections and compares its stated aims to its other directly or indirectly linked corporate interests.  This is a trail from London to the Isle of Man to Africa and back again.  I do not suggest that anything illegal has happened but there are several ethical questions that, in my opinion, should be answered.

social practice & social change – my thoughts – an unpublished interview transcript

  This blog post is a transcript of an interview that was never published.  The interviewer asked five questions.  I answered.   Can art be an effective way of bringing about social change? If so, any examples? In what ways can it improve people's lives? There are many in the arts world who believe art…Read more social practice & social change – my thoughts – an unpublished interview transcript

social practice & social change – my thoughts – an unpublished interview transcript

  This blog post is a transcript of an interview that was never published.  The interviewer asked five questions.  I answered.   Can art be an effective way of bringing about social change? If so, any examples? In what ways can it improve people's lives? There are many in the arts world who believe art…Read more social practice & social change – my thoughts – an unpublished interview transcript

Art as Social change

This is the fourth post taken from my draft literature review which is part of my ongoing PhD research around the question: Can participatory art support sustainable social change?  The other posts are below.  Please feel free to comment and criticise… Whether art, or any other activity for that matter, can ever change contemporary society,…Read more Art as Social change

Matarasso, Merli and the question of social impact

There is a crucial debate that is often still referred to when questions of art and social change arise. It is essentially a disagreement about the potentialities of participatory art as a mode of effecting social change; predominantly a discussion about policy and methodology – two questions that are at the heart of much of…Read more Matarasso, Merli and the question of social impact