WORK AS INVENTION.
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The Artecitya Conference by Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki aims at creating a productive exchange between the fields of art, labour, politics and research-based knowledge, aiming at a trans-disciplinary approach. It shows the mutual dependence of work and art in envisioning the future of an upcoming society.
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IntroOur aim is to provide equal space to both scholarly and artistic contributions, as well as presentations of best practice models in society, in order to explore these highly relevant social, economic and aesthetic developments. Focusing on three specific areas -that is art, community and politics- various scientists, scholars, educators, artists, civil society activists, as well as stake holders in politics and economy are invited to deeply explore this state of things and offer proposals for building alternative models of work and art. Possible perspectives for contributions could be: new technologies, urban creativity, transformation design, art activism, civic participation, commons, alternative economies, social cohesion, best practice in social entrepreneurship, resilient and post-growth society, global governance and post-humanism. The list of contributors includes scholars, policy makers on local and European scale, as well as individuals who have already promoted significant and successful innovations in the sectors mentioned above.
A specific trait of the Conference is its format, which will be directed as a creative laboratory paying particular attention to audience interaction. Following the format of a “staged performance” the meeting departs from the conventional conference, in order to enhance participation and activation of the public, as well as an inclusive exchange of ideas. Contributors are invited to participate either with a 10 minutes long video statement or with a 20 minutes long commentary and discussion with the public. The event will be held in 3 cities (Thessaloniki, Berlin and Basel) and will be live-streamed on the official site of Artecitya and various social media platforms, which will distribute and deliver the content. Public attending the conference live as well as public worldwide attending via live-streaming can submit questions to the contributors via chat. A moderator will present a selection of the submitted questions to the contributors. The conference will also include a) entry-video teasers for each contributor providing with information about each contributor, and b) curated video performances by invited artists, which will be presented in between contributions and comment on the topics of the conference. The performances will be, in this regard, thematically linked to the contributions. The stage design will be created by the artists collective Practise(in)Cognition, who have emerged as a result of the Eric Ellingsen’s residency last Summer (more). The language of the conference will be English with a simultaneous translation into Greek and German. Text by Dr. Sotirios BahtsetzisOur understanding of the concept of work is closely linked to industrial wage labor and employment. With paid work, we combine the meaning of life and the social legitimacy of individuals and collectives. This mental understanding becomes increasingly precarious, while corresponding with changes in the Welfare State and the globalised society. In the post-industrial society technological developments (internet and digital networking as well as mobility of labour) enabled various alternative forms of human labor to emerge, thus challenging conventional modes of work. New media researchers, digital craftsmen, socially engaged activists, permaculture makers, post-industrial designers, as well as innovative policy makers act towards inventing new forms of work as interaction with the social and natural environment.
In the meanwhile, many artists today are deeply committed to making work that addresses pressing social issues and changes in the way we perceive the world: social cohesion, post-democracy, environmental crisis and scarcity of resources, intersection of leisure and work etc.. The potential of art for social change can be deployed in order to rethink the concept of work and offer alternatives to a precarious living, characterised by permanent unemployment, indebtedness and deprivation of civil rights, as well as the damaging lack of creative and resilient solutions for society. Artists explore new forms of “social practice” that become involved in addressing communities and conventional institutions. These experiments engage both with the notion of creativity (e.g. low and high culture), as well as with a redefinition of work (e.g. DIY, Makershops, Fablabs, alternative economies). Moving beyond the function of commenting and responding to society by means of creating visual, auditory or performing artefacts, socially engaged art can ignite demands for change, and provide a platform for reflection, collaboration and laboratories for building socially resilient practices of work. Contributors:Video Statements
Tania Bruguera, political artist Kari Conte, Director of Programs and Exhibitions, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York Eric Ellingsen, artist, architect, educator Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher, architects, professors, and founders of the US based architecture, design, and research firm Filson and Rohrbacher Pablo Helguera, artist, educator, author Dr. phil. Monika Kästli, art historian and curator Achilleas Kentonis, trans-disciplinary artist, innovation trainer and engineer; founder and director of ARTos Foundation Nicosia Florian Malzacher, freelance curator, writer and dramaturge, artistic director of Impulse Theater Festival Pedro Reyes, artist Prof. Dr. Felix Stalder, Professor for Digital Culture, Zurich University of the Arts; Senior Researcher, World Information Institute, Vienna Nato Thompson, Artistic Director, Creative Time, New York Jeanne Van Heeswijk, artist Responders
Stephanie Bertrand, independent curator Niels Boeing, journalist, author, co-founder of Fab Lab Fabulous St. Pauli, Hamburg Prof. Dr. Christopher Dell, Professor for Urban Design Theory at Hafencity University Hamburg Giovanni Flore, Benetton Digital Signage Project Management, former consultant at Fabrica Dr. Giorgos Gkiouzepas, environmental scientist Harikleia Hari, architect Philip Horst, artist, KUNSTrePUBLIK, co-founder ZK/U Berlin Lena Jöhnk, PhD student in the field of Socially Engaged Art, Hafen City University Hamburg Samuel Kalika, artist, designer; founder of Critical Concrete, Porto Christof Mayer, Raumlabor, Berlin Christos Pierros, Economist, Senior researcher at Labour Institute of GSEE (General Workers Confederation of Greece) Rainer Rosegger, sociologist Dr. Stergios Seretis, political economist Prof. Max Spielmann, Hyperwerk Institute for Postindustrial Design, Basel Dr. Kostis Stafylakis, art theorist and visual artist, political scientist, Adjunct at the University of Patras Prof. Dr. Nicholas Theoharakis, Associate Professor of Political Economy and History of Economic Thought at the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
Thessaloniki / Basel 31 March - 1 April 2017 Concept: ArtBOX Organised by: ARTECITYA by Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki Co-Organised by: Hyperwerk Institute for Postindustrial Design – Academy of Art and Design – University of Applied Sciences & Arts Northewstern Switzerland, Basel ARTECITYA by Helexpo LABattoir Project, Museum der Kulturen, Basel Presenters Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Lydia Chatziiakovou Participants Tania Bruguera, Kari Conte, Elli Chrysidou, Eric Ellingsen, Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher,Pablo Helguera, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Monika Kästli, Florian Malzacher, Pedro Reyes, Prof. Dr. Felix Stalder, Nato Thompson, Markus Bader and Christof Mayer, Stephanie Bertrand, Niels Boeing, Prof. Dr. Christopher Dell, Dr. Giorgos Giouzepas, Harikleia Haris, Philip Horst, Lena Jöhnk, Samuel Kalika, Christos Savvidis, Dr. Stergios Seretis, Prof. Max Spielmann, Dr. Kostis Stafylakis. Committee: Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Peter Panes, Christos Savvidis, Max Spielmann Live Stream Venues: Athens / documenta 14 Address: d14 Press and Information Centre, Mourouzi 16, 10674 Athens Basel / Institute HyperWerk for Postindustrial Design Address: Freilager-Platz 1, CH-4023, Basel Belgrade / European Centre for Culture & Debate - GRAD Address: Brace Krsmanovic 4, 11000, Belgrade Berlin / ZK/U - KUNSTrePUBLIK Address: Siemensstr. 27, 10551, Berlin Madrid / Slow Track Society Address: Cañizares 12, 28012, Madrid Madrid / Atelier Solar Address: Arturo Soria 39, d. basement. 28027, Madrid Munich / European Business School, Munich Campus Address: Theresienhöhe 28, 80339, Munich Muscat / Stal Gallery Address: Villa 221 Al Inshirah Street, Muscat, Oman Nicosia / Frederick University Address: Prozak Coffee Shop, Medontos 3A, 1060, Nicosia Strasbourg / Apollonia European Art Exchanges Address: 23, Rue Boecklin F-67000, Strasbourg Valletta / Fondazzjoni Kreattività - Spazju Kreattiv Address: Cinema St. James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta Zagreb / HDLU (Croatian Association of Artists) & MK Gallery (Miroslav Kraljević Gallery) Address: Šubićeva 29, 1000, Zagreb
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