EU-Views: TC McCormack
Name: TC McCormack
Nationality: Northern Irish
Occupation(s): Artist; Photographer; Curated The Absolute Outside, a group exhibition at Spor Klübü, Berlin; associate of Radical Praxes, in Berlin.
Connection to Europe: European citizen; based in London; work screened at: the ICA – London, Hamburger Bahnhof – Berlin, Goethe Institute – New York, Platform – Istanbul, FACT – Liverpool, Centre of Contemporary Arts – Glasgow, Kunstnernes Hus – Olso, Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney, Purescreen and BIM – Biennal Of Moving Images, Centre pour L’image Contemporaine, Geneva.
Date of interview: March 1, 2016
This episode is a conversation with TC McCormack, a Northern Irish artist, about the influence artists can have on the emerging future in Europe. He emphasizes the importance of connecting cultures through the promotion of a broader discourse and sharing of diverse beliefs between the various populations inhabiting the European Union. McCormack discusses the role of multiculturalism and how artists can provide a platform in which citizens can become actively engaged and educated about their neighbors, both within their own country, as well as the entire European Community.