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DESCRIPTION:Aaron Gach and Elizabeth Mangini Discuss "Can Art Change the World?" 
 November 3\n\nCan Art Change the World?\nSpeakers: Aaron Gach, Elizabeth 
 Mangini\n\nSeries:\nThe New New Masses\nDiscussions About Art and 
 Politics\n\nLocation\nSan Francisco Art Institute Café\n800 Chestnut 
 Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94133\n\nNovember 3 at 7:00pm\nfree and open to 
 the public\n\nBrecht said that art is not a mirror to reflect the world but 
 a hammer to shape it. How effective is this hammer? Should artists use 
 their art as a propaganda vehicle? How can this work? Are artists obligated 
 to make politically engaged work given the current situation in the 
 world?\n\nAaron Gach is a performance, installation, and media artist whose 
 work consistently addresses public space, social politics, and community 
 issues. His commitment to exploring disparate arts (martial arts, magical 
 arts, fine arts, among other creative endeavors) has led to the creation of 
 numerous collaborative projects designed to analyze existing forces and 
 activate latent energies. Inspired by ongoing studies with a private 
 investigator, a magician, and a ninja, Gach formed the Center for Tactical 
 Magic—an organization dedicated to the coalescence of art, technology, 
 magic, and positive social transformation. Embracing magical thinking and 
 unconventional uses of technology, Gach and the Center for Tactical Magic 
 continue to engage public space and social concerns while building new 
 strategies for creative engagement.\n\nElizabeth Mangini is a San 
 Francisco-based scholar and critic whose current work focuses on Italian 
 art and politics circa 1968. A former curatorial fellow at the Walker Art 
 Center, Minneapolis, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mangini 
 currently teaches a course on Spectacle and Revolution: European Art in the 
 1960s–70s at California College of the Arts.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/16/18320736.php
SUMMARY:Aaron Gach and Elizabeth Mangini Discuss "Can Art Change the World?"
LOCATION:San Francisco Art Institute\n800 Chestnut 
 Street\n415.771.7020\nwww.sfai.edu
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/16/18320736.php
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