Helen Molesworth: 2018 Commencement Address
The esteemed curator delivered the keynote address for the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
Helen Molesworth, former chief curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles presented the keynote address at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture 2018 Commencement Ceremony. In her address, Molesworth spoke out against inequality and authoritarianism, positing that students of the arts are uniquely prepared to stand up to these threats because of their experience with critique and the practice of listening. "Listening is the basis of empathy, and empathy is the only way to think our way out of the stranglehold of the debilitating and outmoded forms of thought we have inherited from our colonial past," said Molesworth, "You know from listening to others that meaning is not made individually, but collectively. In other words, you know how to be a citizen."
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