FREIRAUM FESTIVAL 2020 - 30/10-1/11
THE STATE OF FREEDOM IN EUROPE TODAY & THE STATE OF THE ARTS
DAY 1 - 30/10/2020 - OPENING, THE STATE OF FREEDOM IN EUROPE TODAY
OPENING WORDS
Johannes Ebert (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut)
Christos Savvidis (Director of ArtBOX, Thessaloniki, Artistic Co-Director of the Freiraum Festival, representative of the Freiraum Partners)
Themis Christofidou (European Commission, Director General of the Department of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture )
Christos Savvidis (Director of ArtBOX, Thessaloniki, Artistic Co-Director of the Freiraum Festival, representative of the Freiraum Partners)
Themis Christofidou (European Commission, Director General of the Department of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture )
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KEYNOTE"Start worrying. Details to follow: Reflections on the State of Freedom in the post-Covid World"
IVAN KRASTEV Political scientist, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna |
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DISCUSSION"A new normal after the lockdown? Freedom and Europe in the (post)corona era"
IVAN KRASTEV (political scientist, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna), JOHANNES EBERT (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut), EVA ILLOUZ (Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, author). Moderator: MATTHIAS KRUPA (Die Zeit) |
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DAY 2 - 31/10/2020 - THE STATE OF FREEDOM IN EUROPE TODAY
OPENING WORDSJOHANNES EBERT (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut)
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KEYNOTE
"Can The Home be a Haven from a world in crisis? Reflections on the politics of Covid19"
EVA ILLOUZ
Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, author)
EVA ILLOUZ
Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, author)
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SESSION 1: ECOPOLITICS, BIOPOLITICS AND DEMOCRISIS
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LIAM GILLICK (artist) (MODERATOR)
FRANCO BIFO BERARDI (writer) TIZIANA TERRANOVA (Associate Professor in Cultural Studies and Digital Media at the Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’) ANDREAS WEBER (Dr., Biologist, Philosopher and Nature Writer, University of the Arts, Berlin) |
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SESSION 2: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND EMERGING SOLIDARITITES
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ANNA CARASTATHIS (political theorist, Co-Director of the Feminist Autonomous Centre for Research in Athens) (MODERATOR)
NITASHA KAUL (Novelist and Academic, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London) ALFREDO SAAD FILHO (Professor of Political Economy and International Development in the Department of International Development at King’s College London) SVETLANA SLAPSHAK (Prof. of Anthropology of Ancient Worlds, Anthropology of Gender and Balkanology, Former Dean of ISH, Ljubljana Graduate School in Humanities) |
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DAY 3 - 1/11/2020 - THE STATE OF THE ARTS TODAY
OPENING WORDS
JOHANNES EBERT (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut)
RUDOLF BARTSCH (Director of Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki)
ANASTASIOS TZIKAS (President of Thessaloniki International Fair - HELEXPO)
RUDOLF BARTSCH (Director of Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki)
ANASTASIOS TZIKAS (President of Thessaloniki International Fair - HELEXPO)
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ABOUT COMMON LAB
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CHRISTOS SAVVIDIS, SOTIRIOS BAHTSETZIS, LYDIA CHATZIIAKOVOU (ArtBOX Thessaloniki, Common Lab Curatorial Team)
ELLI CHRYSIDOU (artist), "How To Build A Community in 10 Days" LINA MANTIKOU (architect), "How to Break and Rebuild Your Mug in 10 Days" |
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INTRODUCTION TO SESSIONS 1 AND 2:
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SESSION 1: REMEDIATION & DIGITISATION
ILIANA DIMIADI (Head of Dramaturgy, Onassis Stegi Athens), HELGARD HAUG (author and director, Co-founder of Rimini Protokoll),
DARIA MILLE (Curator at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe), BEN VICKERS (Chief Technology Officer, Serpentine Galleries)
DARIA MILLE (Curator at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe), BEN VICKERS (Chief Technology Officer, Serpentine Galleries)
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SESSION 2: PUBLIC SPHERE & COMMONING
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MARK BEASLEY (curator and curatorial director, Pace Gallery, New York) & MARK TITCHNER (artist)
ERIC ELLINGSEN (landscape urbanist and artist) MANOLIS TSIPOS (cross-disciplinary performance artist) |
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DISCUSSION ON SESSIONS 1 AND 2: REMEDIATION, DIGITISATION, PUBLIC SPHERE, COMMONING
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MARK BEASLEY, ERIC ELLINGSEN, HELGARD HAUG, DARIA MILLE, MARK TITCHNER, MANOLIS TSIPOS, BEN VICKERS
MODERATORS: SOTIRIOS BAHTSETZIS AND LYDIA CHATZIIAKOVOU (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab) |
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SESSION 3: AUTHOR / CREATOR, PRECARIOUS LABOUR, INSTITUTIONS
JULIETA ARANDA (artist, co-director of e-flux)
ASH BULAYEV (Director of Onassis AiR & independent curator)
THOMAS OBERENDER (Artistic Director of Berliner Festspiele / Gropius Bau) in conversation with SOTIRIOS BAHTSETZIS (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
GREGORY SHOLETTE (artist, writer, activist and teacher)
MODERATORS: SOTIRIOS BAHTSETZIS AND LYDIA CHATZIIAKOVOU (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
ASH BULAYEV (Director of Onassis AiR & independent curator)
THOMAS OBERENDER (Artistic Director of Berliner Festspiele / Gropius Bau) in conversation with SOTIRIOS BAHTSETZIS (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
GREGORY SHOLETTE (artist, writer, activist and teacher)
MODERATORS: SOTIRIOS BAHTSETZIS AND LYDIA CHATZIIAKOVOU (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
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