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FREIRAUM FESTIVAL
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Friday, 30 October 2020
OPENING

18:30-21:30 (Central European Time)

Live-streamed from various cities around Europe.
Including live drums improvisation by George Klountzos-Chrysidis throughout the day. 
​
18:30-19:10
​Musical Opening: Extract from the Freiraum Rhapsody
​Concept: Edit Pula, Composer: Fatos Qerimaj (Tirana, 2018), Conductor: Floris Lammens

Opening Words
Johannes Ebert
 (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut) WATCH THE VIDEO
Christos Savvidis (Director of ArtBOX, Thessaloniki, Artistic Co-Director of the Freiraum Festival, representative of the Freiraum Partners) WATCH THE VIDEO

Introduction by the Hosts
Sotirios Bahtsetzis
(art theorist, ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival Curatorial Team) 
​& Lydia Chatziiakovou
(curator, ArtBOX, Artistic Co-Director of the Freiraum Festival)

THE FREIRAUM MANIFESTO

When we Speak
Performative reading of the Freiraum Manifesto by Jane Dudman (artist, curator) and Freiraum Partners - Yasser Almaamoun (Berlin), Ira Bliatka (Paris), Signe Sophie Boggild (Copenhagen), Aloña Elizalde (Brussels), Iskra Geshoska (Skopje), Jelena Joks​imovic (Belgrade), Mériam Korichi (Paris), Edit Pula (Tirana), Maud Qamar (Brussels), Christos Savvidis (Thessaloniki), Ondrej Timčo (Prague), Milan Zvada (Banská Bystrica) WATCH THE VIDEO
​
Five Stories About Freedom
An art-documentary inspired by the Freiraum Manifesto by Kontrapunkt (Skopje) WATCH THE VIDEO

Statement on the Freiraum Manifesto by Themis Christophidou
European Commission, Director General of the Department of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture WATCH THE VIDEO

19:10-19:30
Keynote: "Start worrying. Details to follow." – Reflections on the State of Freedom in the post-Covid World
​by Ivan Krastev (political scientist, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna) WATCH THE VIDEO
​
19:30-20:30
Round table 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)
WATCH THE VIDEO

In the framework of the series “Neue Wir-Erzählungen“. Co-organizer: ARD
The debate series “Neue Wir-Erzählungen“ was initiated in 2013 by the Goethe-Institut, the liaison-office of ARD Broadcast in Brussels and the journal Die Zeit and explores the questions: Which narratives can be told about Europe? Who are we, who do we want to be, where do we want to go together? What is needed to advance the European Union as well as Europe as a political, economic, cultural and social project?


20:30-20:35
The More I Draw the More I Listen by Carol Rollo
Live drawing session, visualisation of the discussion WATCH THE VIDEO
Shining Europe by Christoph Rummel & Jochen Merker WATCH THE VIDEO
video performance, 2020

20:30-21:30
Concert: Freiraum Rhapsody WATCH THE VIDEO
Introduction by Floris Lammens (Conductor) & Paul Du Jardin (Director, BOZAR) WATCH THE VIDEO
Concept: Edit Pula, Composer: Fatos Qerimaj (Tirana, 2018), Conductor: Floris Lammens

Saturday, 31 October 2020
THE STATE OF FREEDOM IN EUROPE TODAY:
​THE ONGOING BIOPOLITICAL CRISIS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND EMERGING SOLIDARITIES

14:00-18:30 (Central European Time)

Live-streamed from various cities around Europe.
Including live drums improvisation by George Klountzos-Chrysidis throughout the day. 


14:00-14:10
Opening Words
Johannes Ebert
 (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut) WATCH THE VIDEO

Introduction by the Hosts
Sotirios Bahtsetzis (art theorist, ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival Curatorial Team) 
​& Lydia Chatziiakovou 
(curator, ArtBOX, Artistic Co-Director of the Freiraum Festival)

14:10-14:45
Keynote: “Can The Home be a Haven from a world in crisis? Reflections on the politics of Covid19”
by Eva Illouz (Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, author)
WATCH THE KEYNOTE
WATCH THE Q&A

14:45-15:00
Introduction to Session 1 
Futurabilities by Azahara Cerezo 
online action, 2020 WATCH THE VIDEO
Performance Survival Protocol by KangarooCourt 
video performance, 2020 WATCH THE VIDEO
Hide and seek for the control room by Matteo Locci & Basak Tuna 
performance, 2020 WATCH THE VIDEO

15:00-16:25
SESSION 1: ECOPOLITICS, BIOPOLITICS AND DEMOCRISIS

15:00-15:55
Introduction by the Moderator: Liam Gillick (artist) WATCH THE VIDEO
Statements by:  
Tiziana Terranova 
(Associate Professor in Cultural Studies and Digital Media at the Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’) WATCH VIDEO
Andreas Weber (Dr., Biologist, Philosopher and Nature Writer, University of the Arts, Berlin) WATCH THE VIDEO
Franco Bifo Berardi (writer) WATCH THE VIDEO

15:55-16:25
Live Discussion WATCH THE VIDEO

The More I Draw the More I Listen by Carol Rollo
Live drawing session, visualisation of the discussion WATCH THE VIDEO

16:25-16:30
Life in the Time of a Plague by Maciej Toporowicz 
video performance series, 2020 WATCH THE VIDEO

16:30-16:45
Freiraum Island Berlin
Live connection to the Freiraum Festival event in Berlin 

16:45-17:00
Introduction to Session 2

Languages of the Unheard by Danae Theodoridou & Dimitri Papageorgiou 
A live experiment of conversing in the language of protest 
participatory performance, 2020

17:00-18:25
SESSION 2: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND EMERGING SOLIDARITITES

17:00-17:55
Introduction by the Moderator: Anna Carastathis (political theorist, Co-Director of the Feminist Autonomous Centre for Research in Athens)
WATCH THE VIDEO 

Statements by:
Svetlana Slapsak (Prof. of Anthropology of Ancient Worlds, Anthropology of Gender and Balkanology, Former Dean of ISH, Ljubljana Graduate School in Humanities) WATCH THE VIDEO 
Nitasha Kaul (Novelist and Academic, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London) WATCH THE VIDEO 
Alfredo Saad Filho (Professor of Political Economy and International Development in the Department of International Development at King’s College London) WATCH THE VIDEO

17:55-18:25
Live Discussion WATCH THE VIDEO
​

The More I Draw the More I Listen by Carol Rollo
Live drawing session, visualisation of the discussion WATCH THE VIDEO

18:25-18:30
Closing

​Sunday, 1 November 2020
​
​THE STATE OF THE ARTS: NEW FORMATS AND AUDIENCES
14:00-20:00 (Central European Time)

Live-streamed from various cities around Europe.
Including live drums improvisation by George Klountzos-Chrysidis throughout the day. 
​

In partnership with Common Lab project by Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki & ArtBOX,
in the framework of Goethe-Institut's Excellency Initiatives 2020-21 and in collaboration with TIF-Helexpo (GR)

14:00-14:30
Opening Words
Johannes Ebert (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut) WATCH THE VIDEO

Introduction by the Hosts
Sotirios Bahtsetzis (art theorist, ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival Curatorial Team) 
​& Lydia Chatziiakovou 
(curator, ArtBOX, Artistic Co-Director of the Freiraum Festival)
​

Opening Words 
Rudolf Bartsch (Director of Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki) WATCH THE VIDEO
Anastasios Tzikas (President of Thessaloniki International Fair - HELEXPO) WATCH THE VIDEO

Introduction to Common Lab
Christos Savvidis, Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX Thessaloniki, Common Lab Curatorial Team) WATCH THE VIDEO
Elli Chrysidou (artist), "How To Build A Community in 10 Days" WATCH THE STATEMENT WATCH THE VIDEO
Lina Mantikou (architect), "How to Break and Rebuild Your Mug in 10 Days" WATCH THE STATEMENT WATCH THE VIDEO

Introduction to Remediation, Digitisation, Public Sphere, Commoning
Sotirios Bahtsetzis (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab) WATCH THE VIDEO

14:30-15:45
REMEDIATION & DIGITISATION 

The conflict between our digital and analogue identities by Effie Halivopoulou
short video commentary by Effie Halivopoulou, artist, Head of the Department of Visual Arts and Art History of Deree - the American College of Greece WATCH THE VIDEO
Synesthesia by Katie Lock with the contribution of Jane Dudman 
multimedia video, 2020 WATCH THE VIDEO
On progress by Reihnard Manz
original video, 1990, remixed by Martin Schaffner & Max Spielmann, Hyperwerk Institute for Postindustrial Design WATCH THE VIDEO

Contributions by: 
Ben Vickers (Chief Technology Officer, Serpentine Galleries) WATCH THE VIDEO
Daria Mille (Curator at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe) WATCH THE VIDEO
Helgard Haug (author and director, Co-founder of Rimini Protokoll) WATCH THE VIDEO
Iliana Dimadi (Head of Dramaturgy, Onassis Stegi Athens) WATCH THE VIDEO

It’s Ophelia Bitch by Elias Adam
desktop performance, 2020 
WATCH THE VIDEO
WATCH THE BACKSTAGE

15:45-16:45
PUBLIC SPHERE & COMMONING

Danae Theodoridou & Dimitri Papageorgiou on the 
Languages of the Unheard
artists' statement

Contributions by: 
Eric Ellingsen (landscape urbanist and artist) WATCH THE VIDEO
Mark Beasley (curator and curatorial director, Pace Gallery, New York) & Mark Titchner (artist) WATCH THE VIDEO
Manolis Tsipos (cross-disciplinary performance artist) WATCH THE VIDEO

16:45-17:30
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Mark Beasley, Eric Ellingsen, Helgard Haug, Daria Mille, Mark Titchner, Manolis Tsipos,
​Ben Vickers,
moderated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab) and Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab) WATCH THE VIDEO

17:30-17:40
Unlovable Prospects. Saba’s look on the Future (Chapter I, “xxx2050xxx”) by Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu
digital video, 2020 WATCH THE VIDEO
how to turn your work place into a sheet of paper by Bastian Hoffmann
video, 2018 WATCH THE VIDEO

17:40-18:50
AUTHOR / CREATOR, PRECARIOUS LABOUR, INSTITUTIONS

Introduction
Sotirios Bahtsetzis
 (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab) ​WATCH THE VIDEO

Contributions by: 
Julieta Aranda (artist, co-director of e-flux) WATCH THE VIDEO
Gregory Sholette (artist, writer, activist and teacher) WATCH THE VIDEO
Ash Bulayev (Director of Onassis AiR & independent curator) WATCH THE VIDEO
Thomas Oberender (Artistic Director of Berliner Festspiele / Gropius Bau) in conversation with Sotirios Bahtsetzis (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab) WATCH THE VIDEO

18:50-19:20
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Julieta Aranda, Ash Bulayev, Thomas Oberender, Gregory Sholette
​moderated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab) and Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
WATCH THE VIDEO​

19:20-19:30
Closing

19:30-20:00
MOVING SILENCE NICOSIA 
Live stream from ARTos House Nicosia 
Live performance, soundtracks for silent video and film works

The broadcast continues after 20:00 on ARTo's youtube channel.
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Website admin: www.artbox.gr for Freiraum Platform.
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