Conflict as Context
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Today, conflict appears so frequently across media and discourse as to seem omnipresent. With global politics, social codes, and even spats between neighbors, is it any surprise that many artists have begun to examine the influence and role of conflict in their work? Exploring today’s artists who make work about and within conflict, this series examines how the clash between opposing viewpoints is shaping art and our world.

A person with dark skin drops a book on a carpet, while standing next to a rubber mask hanging on a microphone stand.
Performing Arts
By Katherine Profeta

Tell the History

A collaborator of Ralph Lemon’s since 1997, dramaturg Katherine Profeta reflects on the years-long journeys that led to the creation of a new work premiering at the Walker.