Program
Biennials: Prospect and Perspectives
February 27 – March 1, 2014
Conference at ZKM_Media Theatre
Entrance: Free
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in cooperation with Ifa (Institute for International Cultural Relations)
The opening section Biennials and Public Space discusses the notion of art as public domain and new definitions of publicness. The section Biennial as Motor for Social Change attempts to find out which impact biennials can have on the transformation of societies and politics. And upon considering the impacts, which could be seen as successful. Another panel will be devoted to The Dynamics of Biennials and the Role of its Actors (Curators, Artists, Organizers, Audiences). In the past years the proliferation of biennials has for instance strengthened the visibility of the curator. Which reciprocal effect have biennials had on other protagonists such as the artist or the audience? In the section Chances and Limitations of Biennials in the Context of Marketing and Policies we would like to address the question of how biennials deal with the demands of urban development, location marketing and political ambitions. The final panel Alternatives//Open Spaces will lead the discussion to alternative models of biennials, which try to offer new visions for the future of the biennial.
Concept: Andrea Buddensieg and Elke aus dem Moore
Program:
Thursday, February 27
19:00
Keynote Lecture: Ute Meta Bauer
Friday, February 28
09:30-10:00 Introduction
10:00-12:00
Biennials and Public Space
Chair: Carol Lu
Panel: Fulya Erdemci, Sheika Hoor Al-Qasimi, Yongwoo Lee, Katja Aßmann
Respond: Blair French, Christoph Schäfer
14:00-16:00
Biennial as a Motor for Social Change
Chair: Christine Eyene
Panel: Abdellah Karoum, Patrick Mudekereza, Alia Swastika, Gerardo Mosquera
Respond: Elise Atangana, Jun Yang
16:30-18:30
The Dynamics of Biennials and the Role of its Actors (Curators, Artists, Organizers,Audiences)
Chair: Marieke van Hal
Panel: Basak Senova, Marah Braye, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Monica Hoff
Respond: Gabriele Horn, Patricia F. Druck
Saturday, March 01
9:30-11:00
Chances and Limitations of Biennials in the Context of Marketing and Policies
Chair: Sabine B. Vogel
Panel: Zhang Qing, Tan Boon Hui, Bige Örer, Kasper König, Nicolaus Schafhausen
Respond: Ursula Zeller, Sally Tallant
11:30-13:00
Alternatives // Open spaces
Chair: Rafal Niemojewski
Panel: Leah Gordon, Royce Smith, Pan Gongkai
Final Discussion