What Do We Know? What Do We Have? What Do We Miss? What Do We Love?

An example of the potential (and the contradictions) of contemporary alliances between art, design, and social entrepreneurship.

Fogo Island, a fishing settlement with approximately 2,500 inhabitants, located off the coast of Newfoundland, saw its livelihood almost devastated in the mid-twentieth century because of industrial overfishing. The island is now experiencing a social, economic, and cultural transformation, due in part to a recent series of art, social business, and asset-based community development initiatives. Now, Fogo Island stands as an example of the potential (but also the contradictions) of contemporary alliances between art, design, and social entrepreneurship.

Brigitee Oetker is a German art historian and professor at the Institut für Kultur und Medienmanagement der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.

Nicolaus Schafhausen is a curator at the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism in Munich.

Brigitee Oetker is a German art historian and professor at the Institut für Kultur und Medienmanagement der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.

Nicolaus Schafhausen is a curator at the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism in Munich.

Alexandra McIntosh is Director of Programs and Exhibitions at Fogo Island Arts.

Monika Szewczyk is a writer, editor, and curator based in Berlin and Rotterdam. She is Head of Publications at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, and a contributing editor of A Prior magazine.

Brigitee Oetker is a German art historian and professor at the Institut für Kultur und Medienmanagement der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.