Past Event
Friday, December 8, 2023, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Carlos Garrido Castellano: The Contemporary Art Novel
9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, 92093
Cost: Free
This talk examines contemporary literature concerned with creative practices and economies at a planetary level. Its main argument is that literature and artistic creativity are advancing modes of creative care and solidarity that go beyond creative capitalism. The term “contemporary art novel” attempts to capture a significant transformation within literary narratives on art’s social role (on the ways in which we make sense of ourselves by making sense of creativity) at a time when processes of neoliberalization have blurred the distance between art and life.