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THE ASSAULT ON CULTURE: A Mute Magazine talk on privatisation and critical artistic practice

Does private-public funding and management of culture mark the death of institutional and critical autonomy? And is direct censorship an anomaly, the most visible form of a wider constriction of cultural freedom, or the shape of cultural policy to come?

Mute has invited a range of practitioners along to discuss the perils and opportunities for critical cultural activity in neoliberalising institutions:

Mateo López will introduce his exhibition at Gaworks, discussing the development of his practice during the residency at Gasworks.

Mateo López creates studio-like situations in which the production and display of the work overlap. His source material includes drawings, notes and photographs which are often taken in his journeys. In many of his installations, López combines real objects with drawings, expanding the latter into three-dimensional forms to unfold narratives constructed by fragments and associations.

David Bestué and Günes Terkol open their studios to the public to show and discuss the development of their work during their stay in London.

David Bestué uses different media to manipulate ideas drawn from philosophy, art history, architecture and film. By making small changes to public and domestic scenarios, his works create absurd situations that question the conventions of human behaviour. David Bestué was born in Barcelona, Spain where he lives and works.