University of Lille
A lecture and round table talk revolve around Flag of Compassion during the international conference Flags, Identity, Memory: Critiquing the Public Narrative through Color at the University of Lille.
Anne Wagner, professor of law, invites Flags of Compassion to participate in the international conference Flags, Identity, Memory: Critiquing the Public Narrative through Color, taking place Feb. 7-8-9, 2018 at the University of Lille.
The conference will feature talks by various academics, artists and curators on flags, heritage and identity.
Rini Hurkmans, as initiator of Flag of Compassion, talks about her motivations and rationale for arriving at this conceptual work and how the work functions.
The artwork Flag of Compassion is causing quite an uproar within the academic world. The concept of compassion and the design of the Flag are hotly debated.
