NEWS
September 2020 - Freiraum Festival & Summit is coming!
30-31 October: The State of Freedom in Europe today
1 November: The State of the Arts
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A new era for Freiraum is starting with the first Freiraum Festival & Summit.
The Freiraum Festival & Summit seeks to bring together the physical and digital worlds, with a combination of physical events in more than 20 cities around Europe and a decentralised, live-streamed programme of talks, discussions and artistic interventions. The live-stream will combine the possibilities of a tv-studio and teleconference platform, seeking to provide a meaningful, live experience with true interaction - even while physically distancing. The Summit discussions will focus on the social developments that have been accelerated due to the recent covid-19 crisis: the ongoing biopolitical demo-crisis and the social movements and emerging solidarities (October 31); as well as the current “state of the arts” (November 1). |
The Summit will take place online.
Among the speakers are Franco Bifo Berardi, Wendy Brown, Eva Illouz, Ivan Krastev, Philippe Van Parijs and more. Follow the link below to find out more! |
March 2020 - launch of Common Lab projectCommon Lab (CoL) is a programme by Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki and ArtBOX, in the framework of Goethe-Institut’s Excellency Initiatives 2020. It is implemented in partnership with TIF - Helexpo and Hyperwerk Institut for Postindustrial Design (Basel) which contributes to the research. It is based on the experience gained through Project LABattoir, which started as early as 2015 and was completed at the end of 2019 according to schedule.
Launched during the outbreak of the global covid-19 pandemic crisis, Common Lab adapted to the circumstances and created a dynamic programme of online events, aiming to support communities. |
Common Lab activities
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What We Do
We artistically direct
We are experts in shaping the vision of institutions, curators and artists into compelling large-scale international events. Bringing together a variety of artistic projects into one coherent, engaging and publicly attractive programme is no easy enterprise, especially since it demands reconciling different and competitive creative forces and institutional agendas. We’ve been known to successfully pull it off against all odds every time, as we did in the cases of Art Athina, Action Field Kodra and the XV Biennale de la Méditerranée. We focus on the reshaping public space and the development of audiences. |
We curate
Following the example of Harald Szeemann, that we had the honour to work with, we regard curatorial work as “exhibition-making”. We experiment with the variety of meanings that a collection of art works can convey through the different installation scenarios. The selection of artists, works, spaces, texts and installation techniques is a theoretical and practical exercise that aims at creating the best possible conditions for showcasing art and ultimately leads to that magic moment when a whole new world is revealed to the spectator. |
We offer
Our services include all the phases necessary for the creation of a contemporary art project - from initiation to closure, from conceiving and shaping the concept, to realising it, presenting it and disseminating it. Thanks to our experience, we can adapt to developments and changes without risking the end result. |
We collaborate
Since 1999, we have created networks and forged collaborations with a long list of institutions, among which some of the most significant contemporary art institutions worldwide, such as the Venice Biennale and documenta. |
Based on long-term strategic planning, bringing together communities, artists and institutions from Greece and abroad, our practice focuses on contemporary art projects where art becomes an agent for social change.
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2020-2021
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