3CR Community Radio
3CR Community Radio
Reema Rattan, Liam Armstrong, Carly Dober and Judith Peppard
Making Propaganda Art for the 21st century
1 seconds Posted Feb 24, 2020 at 7:00 am.
0:00
0:01
Download MP3
Show notes
Pictured: Artist Jonas Staal inside the New World Embassy: Rojava (2016) at the Oslo City Hall, Oslo Architecture Triennale: After Belonging/ORO-KURO, Norway. Photo Istvan ViragJonas Staal is a visual artist and activist whose work deals with the relationship between art, propaganda and democracy. Discussing his most recent book Propaganda Art in the 21st Century, he explains how all art is, in a sense, propaganda and touches on the importance of applying lessons from activism to his work.