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Conference:
Democracy, Migration and
Identity in Europe today
Friday 27/02, 17.00-19.00 &
Saturday 28/02, 11.00-15.00
Venue: amphitheatre, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
(Thessaloniki)
A discussion on the occasion of
the 20 years anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron
Curtain, on the perspective of Democracy today, globalisation and their
influence on the reality of contemporary art. |
Saskia Sassen |
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Speakers:
Saskia Sassen (Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Member, The
Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University)
Natalia Ribas-Mateos (Universidad de A Coruña, ESOMI, Equipo de
Sociología de las migraciones internacionales, visiting Professor at the
University of Meknes in Morocco)
Nikos Xydakis (chief editor of the newspaper Kathimerini, Athens)
Augustine Zenakos (art critic, one third of XYZ curatorial trio,
Co-Director of the Athens Biennale)
Areti Leopoulou (Curator, Contemporary Art Centre of Thessaloniki)
Kostis Stafylakis (artist, theoretician)
Iara Boubnova (Director of the Contemporary Art Institute of Sofia)
Luchezar Boyadjiev (artist)
Organised by: ArtBOX.gr / creative arts management
Heinrich-Boell-Foundation Brandenburg (Potsdam)
In collaboration with: Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
(Thessaloniki)
The conference is realised in the frame of the project “ATLANTIS -
Hidden Stories - New Identities. European Art 20 years after the Iron
Curtain”, organised by Heinrich-Boell-Foundation Brandenburg and Rohkunstbau (Potsdam, Germany). Partners: ArtBOX.gr /
creative arts management (Thessaloniki, Greece), Artoday Association
(Plovdiv, Bulgaria), Space Gallery (Bratislava, Slovakia).
The conference has been funded with support from the European
Commission.
This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the
Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of
the information contained therein. |
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