Friday October 29 2010 / Culture & Science
Actors, Agents and Attendants: Speculations on the Cultural Organisation of Civility
Two-days symposium on October 29 and 30
Speculations on the Cultural Organisation of Civility is the first symposium of the series of symposia Actors, Agents and Attendants. Reflecting on current debates about care and citizenship in contemporary art, philosophy and politics, this two-day event provides a platform to discuss progress and issues in these fields. Artists, curators, theorists, healthcare practitioners and the audience are invited to question and rethink the role of contemporary art in its ameliorative function.
The first day will address the issue of care as a political and philosophical concept, whereas the second day will focus on the artistic and curatorial responses to the politics of healthcare provision. Theories and case studies come hand in hand to provide a significant and radical overview of the subject. Prior and during the symposium, a series of events will also take place across the city, including expert meetings, art interventions and film screenings.
With: Hedy d'Ancona, politician and sociologist, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Nils van Beek, curator at SKOR, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; BikvanderPol, artists, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; AA Bronson, artist and publisher, New York, USA; Beatriz Colomina, architectural historian and theorist, Professor and founding director of the programme in Media and Modernity at Princeton University, USA; Mika Hannula, director of the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, curator and critic, Helsinki, Finland; Mari Linnman, les Nouveaux commanditaires, Fr; Markus Miessen, architect and theorist, Berlin, Germany; Andrea Phillips, director of research programmes, department of art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK; Edi Rama, Mayor of Tirana, Albania and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania; Sally Tallant, Head of Programmes at the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK; Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA and former Chief Advisor on political strategy to the British Prime Minister, London, UK; Ultra-red, artists collective and activists, London, UK; Gavin Wade, artist and curator, Birmingham, UK.
Organized by SKOR, Foundation Art and Public Space.
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