WORK AS INVENTION. ART FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
performance lecture at the
international conference at Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki
THEME
The conference will present case studies and scholarly debates that discuss novel approaches towards work and socially engaged art practices. The aim is to show the mutual dependence of work and art in envisioning the future of an upcoming society, via a productive exchange between the fields of art, education, creative industries, technology, politics, economy and research-based knowledge. Distinguished contributors from these fields, both academics and practitioners, will offer their proposals and insights on building alternative models of urban creativity, social entrepreneurship, resilient economies and civic participation, that can shape the future of work.
The conference will be divided into five sessions with the following working titles:
1 Art for Social Change – theory and practices
2 Political Strategies in Art
3 Economy, Invention of Work, Digital Commons, Maker Movement
4 Art & Education
5 Perspectives on the Concept of Labour
6 Community, Urban Transformation, Digital Culture
LIVE BROADCAST_PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
A unique trait is the conference format. Directed as a creative laboratory, the conference will pay particular attention to audience interaction, and at the same time function as case-study / best-practice model relevant to the the topic at hand. Public around the world will be able to follow the conference live online and join the discussion via a specially setup youtube channel. International institutions are invited to host the live broadcast of the event and/or organise parallel discussions.
LIVE STREAM HOSTED BY
Athens / documenta 14
Address: d14 Press and Information Centre, Mourouzi 16, 10674 Athens
Date: 31.03 & 01.04, All Sessions
Basel / Institute HyperWerk for Postindustrial Design
Address: Freilager-Platz 1, CH-4023, Basel
Date: 01.04, All Sessions
Belgrade / European Centre for Culture & Debate – GRAD
Address: Brace Krsmanovic 4, 11000, Belgrade
Date: to be announced soon
Berlin / ZK/U – KUNSTrePUBLIK
Address: Siemensstr. 27, 10551, Berlin
Date: 31.03, 14:30-17:30, Sessions 2 & 3
Madrid / Slow Track Society
Address: Cañizares 12, 28012, Madrid
Date: 31.03, All Sessions
Madrid / Atelier Solar
Address: Arturo Soria 39, d. basement. 28027, Madrid
Date: 01.04, All Sessions
Munich / European Business School, Munich Campus
Address: Theresienhöhe 28, 80339, Munich
Date: 31.03, Session 3 & lecture by Dr. Begoña González Otero
Muscat / Stal Gallery
Address: Villa 221 Al Inshirah Street, Muscat, Oman
Date: 31.03, Sessions 1, 2, 3
Nicosia / Frederick University
Address: Prozak Coffee Shop, Medontos 3A, 1060, Nicosia
Date: 31.03, Session 2 & Open Discussion with Evagoras Vanezis
& Michalis Paraskeva
Strasbourg / Apollonia European Art Exchanges
Address: 23, Rue Boecklin F-67000, Strasbourg
Dates: 31.03, All Sessions & 01.04, Session 6
Valletta / Fondazzjoni Kreattività – Spazju Kreattiv
Address: Cinema St. James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta
Date: 31.03 & 01.04, All Sessions
Zagreb / HDLU (Croatian Association of Artists) & MK Gallery (Miroslav Kraljević Gallery)
Address: Šubićeva 29, 1000, Zagreb
Dates: 31.03 & 01.04, All Sessions
