With Suzanne Lacy (artist, Los Angeles and London) and Alistair Hudson (Scientific and Artistic Director of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)
As part of the exhibition Uncertain Futures (March 2 – May 4, 2025) at n.b.k., the American artist Suzanne Lacy talks to curator and museum director Alistair Hudson about the question what constitutes good socially engaged performance art. Initiated by Lacy and developed over a period of five years with numerous participants, the project Uncertain Futures (2019–) combines art, research, and activism, aiming to drive meaningful social change and influence policy and legislation. The project exemplifies Suzanne Lacy’s artistic practice: for over 40 years, she has brought together diverse groups in large-scale, meticulously choreographed performative works that foster public dialogue on pressing societal issues.
As one of the first participants in the Feminist Art Program founded by Judy Chicago (1970) and a student of Allan Kaprow, Lacy not only created […]