Repetition shapes art works through procedures and processes of reproduction, copying, depiction, or reenactment.
As representation of the world, mimetic art's relationship to the political and social world can be conceived as repetition.
When can mimetic works of art nonetheless become a trigger, participant in, or vehicle for political and social transformation? By exploring works of art from a wide range of historical periods, places, media, and contexts - from the political thought hidden.