FREIRAUM SUMMIT 2021 - 19-20/11
DAY 1 - 19/11/2021
DEMO-CRISIS & THE FUTURE OR PROTEST
NEW POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITIES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & SOLIDARITIES
OPENING WORDS
Elke Kaschl Mohni (Regional Director Southwest Europe, Delegate for European Affairs, Goethe-Institut Brussels)
Freiraum Platform Curatorial Committee
Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament), the Conference for the Future of Europe
Freiraum Platform Curatorial Committee
Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament), the Conference for the Future of Europe
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KEYNOTE CONTRIBUTIONSilvia Federici (Professor emerita and Teaching Fellow at Hofstra University)
Live discussion with Sotirios Bahtsetzis (art theorist, ArtBOX, Ass. Professor in Contemporary Art Theory and Curating Practices, Department of Culture, Creative Media and Industries, University of Thessaly) Lydia Chatziiakovou (curator, ArtBOX, member of the curatorial team of Freiraum Platform) |
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SESSION 1: DEMO-CRISIS & THE FUTURE OF PROTEST
Ondrej Timco (researcher, project manager - moderator)
Paolo Gerbaudo (Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, Department of Digital Humanities, Director of the Centre for Digital Culture, King's College London)
Vladan Joler (Professor at the Academy of Arts at the University of Novi Sad and founder of SHARE Foundation)
Paolo Gerbaudo (Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, Department of Digital Humanities, Director of the Centre for Digital Culture, King's College London)
Vladan Joler (Professor at the Academy of Arts at the University of Novi Sad and founder of SHARE Foundation)
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SESSION 2: NEW POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITIES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND SOLIDARITIES
Ira Bliatka (independent researcher, educator - moderator)
Nour Abouzaid (architect, programmer, Forensic Architecture researcher and MENA liaison)
Slavco Dimitrov (independent researcher, queer and gender theorist, curator and activist)
Nour Abouzaid (architect, programmer, Forensic Architecture researcher and MENA liaison)
Slavco Dimitrov (independent researcher, queer and gender theorist, curator and activist)
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CONTRIBUTIONS BY FREIRAUM MEMBERS
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Reforming our Freedom: Expressions of Youth Voice - Trinity Access Dublin
Podcast Episodes 1 and 2
Podcast Episodes 1 and 2
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DAY 2 - 20/11/2021
ART IN THE NEW DIGITAL PUBLIC SPHERE
OPENING WORDSBeate Koehler
Director, Goethe-Intsitut Thessaloniki |
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KEYNOTEAthena Athanasiou
Professor of Social Anthropology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences |
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SESSION 3: ART IN THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SPHERE (PART 1)
Karen Van den Berg, Prof Dr Phil, Chair of Art Theory & Curating, Zeppelin University
Kay Watson, Head of Arts Technologies, Serpentine
George Drivas, visual artist, film director
Kay Watson, Head of Arts Technologies, Serpentine
George Drivas, visual artist, film director
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SESSION 4: ART IN THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SPHERE (PART 2)
Ana Vujanovic, theorist of performing arts and cultural worker
Jesse Cameron Alick, Dramaturg, artistic producer and researcher, Ass. Artistic Director - Vineyard Theater NYC
Kyriaki Goni, artist
Jesse Cameron Alick, Dramaturg, artistic producer and researcher, Ass. Artistic Director - Vineyard Theater NYC
Kyriaki Goni, artist
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CONTRIBUTIONS BY FREIRAUM MEMBERS - BEST-PRACTICE EXAMPLES
On the cotton road again
Max Spielmann (Hyperwerk Lab on Process and Experimental Design) and Heidrun Freise (TU Chemnitz) |
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FREIRAUM SUMMIT 2020 - 30/10-1/11
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
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
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
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
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
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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FREIRAUM FESTIVAL 2020 - 30/10-1/11
CONTRIBUTIONS BY FREIRAUM PLATFORM MEMBER ORGANISATIONS
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN OUR DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE IDENTITIES
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Halivopoulou from ArtBOX on Vimeo. |
ON PROGRESS BY REIHNARD MANZ
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Freiraum Festival 2020 - Basel from ArtBOX on Vimeo. |
PERIPHER_IES
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Freiraum Festival 2020 Basel from ArtBOX on Vimeo. |
I EMPATHY
Kunsthaus Dresden
Statements: curator Kari Conte, and artists Fatma Bucak and Erika Richter
Discussion: artists Fatma Bucak and Erika Richer in conversation with Christiane Mennicke and Vincent Schier - Kunsthaus Dresden
As part of the Freiraum Festival, Kunsthaus Dresden kick-started the INSERT-Residency together with the Freundeskreis der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden. For the first INSERT, Dresden artist Erika Richter participated in the short-term 10day residency which was initiated to create a support structure for young and emerging artists. During the residency, Richter was asked to share her perspective on EMPATHY, a topic and maybe a mindset which seems to be of great importance during a global pandemic. She did share a short video, in which she discusses the question of empathy in connection to her artistic work. Also, the artist Fatma Bucak and the curator Kari Conte shared their perspectives on the topic and why empathy is badly needed in today's art world. The INSERT-Residency was accompanied by a discussion format, in which Erika Richter, Fatma Bucak, Christiane Mennicke-Schwarz and Vincent Schier took the chance to elaborate the topic of empathy by taking a closer look at the artistic work of both artists. The discussion was recorded and is now shared as a video.
Discussion: artists Fatma Bucak and Erika Richer in conversation with Christiane Mennicke and Vincent Schier - Kunsthaus Dresden
As part of the Freiraum Festival, Kunsthaus Dresden kick-started the INSERT-Residency together with the Freundeskreis der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden. For the first INSERT, Dresden artist Erika Richter participated in the short-term 10day residency which was initiated to create a support structure for young and emerging artists. During the residency, Richter was asked to share her perspective on EMPATHY, a topic and maybe a mindset which seems to be of great importance during a global pandemic. She did share a short video, in which she discusses the question of empathy in connection to her artistic work. Also, the artist Fatma Bucak and the curator Kari Conte shared their perspectives on the topic and why empathy is badly needed in today's art world. The INSERT-Residency was accompanied by a discussion format, in which Erika Richter, Fatma Bucak, Christiane Mennicke-Schwarz and Vincent Schier took the chance to elaborate the topic of empathy by taking a closer look at the artistic work of both artists. The discussion was recorded and is now shared as a video.
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GIRLS & FREEDOM
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Freiraum Festival 2020 Krakow from ArtBOX on Vimeo. |
THE CONFINES OF FREEDOM. EXPRESSIONS OF YOUTH VOICE IN THE COVID CONTEXT
Podcast discussion
Daniel McFarlane - Trinity College & Goethe-Institut Dublin
The online discussion "The Confines of Freedom: Expressions of Youth Voice in the COVID Context" gathers the voices of two generations of under-represented students involved and interested in discussing how the limits of freedom questioned their entire identity once the pandemic took hold of Ireland. The student participants have all been involved in different Freiraum projects organised by the Dublin partners.
Aisling Corcoran is a sixth year student in Pobalscoil Íosolde, from Dublin, Ireland. She is 18 years old. She is interested in reading books and writing short stories. Aisling has participated in various Trinity Access Programme courses such as Freiraum European Languages & Cultures, Freiraum Theatre Summer School, Pathways to Law, Advancing Young Professionals and Bridge 21 Coding. She hopes to study law, politics and economics in Italy after her Leaving Certificate. After college Aisling plans to travel around Europe and experience new cultures. Ifunanya Chukwuewuzie is a sixth year student at Loreto College Crumlin, she lives in Dublin Ireland. Ifunanya has participated in a variety of Freiraum initiatives during Transition Year, including Freiraum: European Languages & Culture and Freiraum Theatre Summer School. She participated in a filmmaking project, creating a short documentary on the housing crisis that premiered at Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2019. Ifunanya is a violinist in Dublin Youth Orchestras' Symphony Orchestra and was a delegate at the RTÉ Youth Assembly on Climate Change. Ifunanya hopes to study Medicine in University. |
THE VIRUS DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE... DOES IT?
Yepp Porta Palazzo & Associazione Arteria Onlus, Torino
Top left: Yepp Porta Palazzo & the Freiraum project. Top right: Activities at Cecchi Point Social Centre before the lockdown.
Bottom left: "covid VS youngsters' freedom and rights": a collection of thoughts of Yepp Porta Palazzo group about the consequences of covid on their life. Bottom right: "Mr Jesus is coming", live performance at Porta Palazzo.
Bottom left: "covid VS youngsters' freedom and rights": a collection of thoughts of Yepp Porta Palazzo group about the consequences of covid on their life. Bottom right: "Mr Jesus is coming", live performance at Porta Palazzo.
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FREIRAUM ISLAND BERLIN
Hosted by Yasser Almaamoun and Lena Müller / Alexander Ebert, Büro für Klimakultur
in cooperation with DorfWerkStadt and the municipal department of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Freiraum Island Berlin wants to create a space for dialogue on reclaiming the city, freedom and climate change on Mierendorff-INSEL, an island located in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The project aims to enable and encourage citizens to think about freedom and (urban) sustainability in the face of climate change. The event realised in the context of Freiraum Festival 2020 is the finissage of a public outdoors exhibition presented by the project Mierendorff-Rundweg. Reclaiming public space with a pop-up structure for spontaneous encounters, including the presentation of the Freiraum Summit’s live broadcast, the event gathers conversations, testimonies, photos, drawings and interviews on climate change, its effects on cities, city planning and individuals and the subsequent impact on our collective and individual (sense of) freedom.
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Freiraum Festival 2020 - Berlin from ArtBOX on Vimeo. |
POLARIZATION, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND CHANGES IN SOCIETY
Discussion, H21 & Goethe-Institut Prag
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The coronavirus pandemic has restricted fundamental rights and freedoms to the extent that the population had never experienced before and empowered polarization of western societies. The Freiraum event in Prague aims to open a constructive discussion on those pressing issues and problems, and thus help to turn the current crisis into an opportunity. The topics range from psychology, law and political science to innovative voting systems. The areas are covered by experts from Institute H21, which is a Prague-based think tank that focuses on civic innovations, voting systems, and challenges to modern democracies.
Discussion with: Karel Janeček (MBA, PhD), Adam Růžička (MSc. MRes.) and Jan Hořeňovský (Phd), moderated by Andrea Prinzová. |