About this episode

Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera discusses her career, cultural influences, and the impact of political oppression on her work.

Cuban performance and conceptual artist Tania Bruguera talks to John Wilson about her career and cultural influences. Her work explores freedom of speech, political oppression and social justice, often encouraging her audiences to become active participants in her performances, blurring the boundaries between art and viewer. Bruguera has exhibited at international museums including MOMA and the Guggenheim in New York, and at Tate Modern, where she made a major work for annual Turbine Hall commission. A new artwork of hers was in the inaugural exhibition at V&A East. Throughout her career in her homeland, Tania Bruguera has been repeatedly censored, arrested and detained by the Cuban authorities because of her political activism. She now lives in the US where she is senior lecturer at Harvard University. Producer: Edwina Pitman

People in this episode

Host: John Wilson

Guest: Tania Bruguera

Topics covered

• performance art
• freedom of speech
• political oppression
• social justice
• censorship
• cultural influences

Keywords

• Tania Bruguera
• performance art
• freedom of speech
• political activism
• censorship
• social justice
• art and viewer interaction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard University, MOMA, Guggenheim, Tate Modern, V&A East

Places: Cuba, US

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