Ara Devine
Ara is an artist, filmmaker and PhD researcher at Belfast School of Art, Ulster University. Visit here for more on Ara’s academic profile.
Ara is an artist, filmmaker and PhD researcher at Belfast School of Art, Ulster University. Visit here for more on Ara’s academic profile.
Vahri McKenzie in conversation with Tony Eaton, Geoff Grey, and Paul Magee
What role can the arts and creativity play in navigating unresolved concerns, ongoing debates and controversial questions for our communities?
This panel discussion opened the UC difficult conversations event featuring a conversation between university leaders and artists from Canberra and Ulster.
Some of Northern Ireland’s leading performance artists since the 1970s discuss the role of the artist in conflicted public spaces, navigating subjects including violence against women, political conflict, clerical sexual abuse and our relationship with power.
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where the Bruce campus is situated.
We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region.
We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.