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Welcome to ISPA's Ideas Exchange. Throughout the year, ISPA faciilitates the exchange and development of ideas through keynote addresses, presentations, group discussions, and more at the Annual and International Congresses. The Ideas Exchange is dedicated to sharing some of the intellectual exchanges that took place.
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 Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-nominated American actress, playwright, and educator Anna Deavere Smith provided one of the keynotes to ISPA's 2009 New York Congress. Exploring voice, art, and the transformational power of expression, she both performed and presented a compelling vision for the place and purpose of the arts. Here is a short video excerpt from her presentation.
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 "We must begin by asking, why must we exist today? Because we have a building is not enough. Because we have a history and awards and a reputation is not enough. What is it in the world—in an external world—that mandates the flourishing of the arts in our communities today?" A New York congress keynote by Ben Cameron, Program Director, Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, delivered January 8, 2008.
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 "A work of art is – among other things – the artist’s political manifesto. That can appear in literature, painting, music or any other art forms. In the course of artistic creation the artist considers the society where he lives, his position, and the views of the social group he represents. Even the art pour art approach is a political manifesto, which sends the message that art needs nothing else but itself."
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 "That evening in Vienna was the coming of age for me. I was relieved. I felt free, as if the effect of Martial Law left in my body had finally been lifted, though 12 years after the Law was officially abolished. And with a new sense of freedom and confidence came different and better works." A keynote address by Lin Hwai-min during the 2006 ISPA Congress in Hong Kong.
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