On October 12, the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley and the Curatorial Practice at the California College of the Arts are partnering to host a live-streaming of the Creative Time Summit, an annual conference in New York that brings together cultural producers–including artists, critics, writers, and curators–to discuss how their work engages pressing issues affecting our world. To jump-start the conversation in advance of the event, attendees have been asked to submit a paragraph on a keyword associated with one of the summit themes: Inequities, Occupations, Making, or Tactics. This posting is by Aimee Chang, Director of Engagement at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Keyword: Creativity
I recently read an interesting paper that included a short description of an experiment. People who were asked to recall three recent creative experiences before participating showed a reduced tendency to view others stereotypically versus those that were not asked to recall recent creative experiences. I found this very interesting especially compared with other possibilities presented in the experiment including ones designed to shift attitudes, i.e. when I think about smoking I will chew gum. What about the recollection of creativity leads to a more open approach to what follows? What are the implications and possibilities here?