Artist talk: On Empathy
What would it mean to consider the radical potential of empathy — in a time when hostility, disconnection and apathy are often employed? What are the uses of empathy in these times; temporal moments when intimate connection between friends and strangers are seemingly obstructed by a type of capitalist individualism that refuses community?
An honest conversation with two respected artists, both working on empathy and finding their way to broaden the discussion within the Dutch/Flemish landscape.