January 29, 2021 • 30 mins
The Department of Useful Art is a new art podcast about works at the intersection between art and activism. The pilot episode investigates a work from 2016, when a group of artists called TOOLS FOR ACTION
worked with a public theater in Dortmund to set up The Mirror Barricade against right-wing extremism.
Hosted and produced by Summer Banks.
Music credit: Ben Southam.
Sound from (and pictures at!): http://www.toolsforaction.net/mirror-barricade/
Follow @usefulartpod for updates on the launch of the first season.
worked with a public theater in Dortmund to set up The Mirror Barricade against right-wing extremism.
Hosted and produced by Summer Banks.
Music credit: Ben Southam.
Sound from (and pictures at!): http://www.toolsforaction.net/mirror-barricade/
Follow @usefulartpod for updates on the launch of the first season.
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