Emanating from BAN’s 2023 conference British Art After Britain, Art After Devolution examines the manifestations of devolutionary politics on contemporary culture in the UK.
This series is a provocation which calls to return our understanding of contemporary art, its production, and exhibition, to the immediate political and economic contexts of our time.
The Britain in question is one where provision not limited to funding and infrastructure is unevenly dispersed, and enduring deference to the metropolitan centre continues to instruct our sense of value.
Hosted by Marcus Jack, this series will unpack these realities through conversation with artists, practitioners, organisational leaders and policy experts. In doing, we hope to offer a polyvocal account of the burdensome inheritance, present challenges, and possible futures of decentralisation.
The image in our graphic is Balaclava Bust by Ursula Burke, used with her kind permission.
Music is Too Many To Count by Comfort from their 2023 album ‘What’s Bad Enough?’ You can hear more of their work wherever you listen to music. Thanks to Natalie McGhee for the permission to include it.
This podcast has been audio produced by Clare Lynch.
Listen to the podcast episodes below, or search ‘Art After Devolution’ wherever you get your podcasts.
