In this lecture, Henry Redwood discussed the role of art in political imagination and approaches to representing war. He explained how the aestheticization of politics and collaboration with artists can create opportunities to rethink the conditions under which communities traumatized by war are formed.
Dr. Henry Redwood is a lecturer in War Studies at King’s College London. His work examines how communities are formed through, and as a result of, war, with a specific interest in the role that law, archives, and aesthetics play in this process. Henry has received several research council grants to support this work (ESRC and AHRC), and he has been widely published, including a monograph with Cambridge in 2021 titled “Archival Politics of International Courts.” Henry regularly collaborates with practitioners as part of his research and engagement, including the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Opera Circus, BlkBrd Collective, and Mark Neville. He has co-produced several public exhibitions and artworks, including “Undiscernible” (2019) and “The Notebook” (2020) with Vladimir Miladinović.
We provide a video recording of the lecture for those who could not attend the session. This lecture will be beneficial for students and professionals in the arts, psychologists, art therapists, and anyone interested in the topic of trauma and its impact.