Tate - Can art change society?

- ' Can art influence the way we think and act as individuals , and as a society ? How do artists make and create change in the world today ?'

- A vidio at the top of the article showed how the arts can have a positive influence in a hospital environment. dance , music , film , literature, and poetry, and craft workshops. Escapism - it delighted , moved and uplifted people.

- Catsou Roberts- Director , vital arts . Arts in health , Tate exchange.

-' It's a way of protesting but, in a nice, plight and youthful way.' - David Tovey - state of the nation - Tate exchange.

- Bojana Jankovic- who are we project, Tate exchange.

- Peter Liversidge - arts in health - wrote proposals on invitation to write jokes. ' I think art , it can't necessarily change society but it can invite people to think.'

- Bern O'Donoghue - who are we ? project.

-' I don't think that art can change society. I don't think it's one artwork that dose it, I think it's the collective effort of artist and institutions togther.' - Bonjana Jankovic.

- Movements in art history have tried to change society:

• DADA- silliness and nonsensical behaviour in everyday life.
• Fluxus - promoted a revolution in art , living art and anti art.

Situationst International - Significant role in revolutionary Paris 1968. Exposing the divide between artists, consumers , and the means of production.