#40 Heartland Podcast: Vivienne Westwood

The world famous designer, provocateur and activist Vivienne Westwood gave a talk at Heartland 2019 with the question: how to save the world from self-destruction?For almost 50 years, Vivienne Westwood has been one of the most prominent characters in the international fashion world - from the punk and biker-inspired period of the 70s to the characteristic 80s pirate collection to today's more experimental, activist style focusing on sustainability.As the first TALKS Headliner ever in Heartland history, she engaged in a direct conversation with the audiences without a partner or moderator in the TALK tent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Om Podcasten

The Heartland podcast primarily features live conversations from the festival’s talks program and is an initiative created to focus on the future that we already live in. Heartland’s ambition is to engage its guests in the world by creating a contemporary cultural platform where people can gain new perspectives on the transformation and development of our world.Heartland’s talks program has established itself as one of the most esteemed stages for live conversations in Northern Europe and has hosted some of the world’s greatest minds and artists since its start in 2016. Among others, Sir Salman Rushdie, Angela Davis, Marina Abramović, Brian Eno, Margaret Atwood, Slavoj Žižek, Werner Herzog, PJ Harvey, Michael Stipe, Tracey Emin, Jonathan Franzen, Vivienne Westwood, Judith Butler, Douglas Coupland, David Shrigley, Kim Gordon, Joshua Oppenheimer, Bjarke Ingels, and Olafur Eliasson have been a part of the talks program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.