Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Presenters: Mel Evans
Mel Evans is a London-based artist and activist, and part of Liberate Tate, an art collective exploring the role of creative intervention in social change. On the fifth anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, Mel Evans published Artwash - an intervention into the unsavoury role of Big Oil company’s sponsorship of the arts in Britain. Based on a high profile campaign, Mel Evans targets Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP and Shell’s collaboration with institutions such as the Tate in an attempt to end the poisonous relationship forever.
Based on years of undercover research, grassroots investigation and activism as well as performance and cultural interventions, Mel Evans will present a compelling case on how corporate sponsorships erase unsightly environmental destruction.
Presented by CLIMARTE, A Centre for Everything, City of Yarra and Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute as part of ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2017
from
https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/8602-artwash-big-oil-and-the-arts
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