Programme

Public programme

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Tuesday, 26 May 2015
18.00 Panel discussion: A conversation between Ambassador Alexandre Fasel (FDFA/UN-Geneva) and Heba Hage (SDC Lebanon), Ruth Noack (independent Curator, Berlin) and Gillian Slovo (author, playwright, London), moderated by Alice Thomann (SDC) and Dagmar Reichert (artasfoundation)
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
17.00 Lecture (special invitation of ZHdK) Carmen Olaechea (Buenos Aires): Art in social transformation, introduced by David Keller (ZHdK)

Participants’ programme

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

13.00 Arrival and Registration Display of information material about the projects of the table presentations: inform yourself about the table presentations and book time for the tables you wish to join.
14.30 Welcome and opening of the meeting Thomas D. Meier (Chancellor ZHdK), Ambassador Manuel Sager (Director-General Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC), Dagmar Reichert (artasfoundation)
Art in peace building
15.30 Dialogues at 15 tables with artists or organisations (4 rounds of 20 minutes) See: List of presenters and projects
17.30 Coffee break
18.00 Panel discussion: A conversation between Ambassador Alexandre Fasel (FDFA/UN-Geneva) and Heba Hage (SDC Lebanon), Ruth Noack (independent Curator, Berlin) and Gillian Slovo (author, playwright, London), moderated by Alice Thomann (SDC) and Dagmar Reichert (artasfoundation)
19.30 Joint dinner (at ZHdK)
20.45 Evening: screening of different films:
Acting together on the world stage” (2012, 54 min.), Cynthia Cohen and Allison Lund
Zwei Flüsse – Zwei Lieder” (2014, 52 min.), Sarah Derendinger
Tomorrow will come” (2015, 110 min.), Ricardo Torres
Global Arts Corps – the first 5 years” (2015, 11 min.), Michael Lessac
„After the Rain“ (2014, 26 min), A Global Arts Corps Production
Moderated by Emina Hadziabdic

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

8.30 Warm up
Moving community: body exercises with Eva Bischofberger (dancer, therapist, Zürich) – no workout clothes needed!
9.15 Short assembly, information
Thematic working groups I: on art projects in conflict transformation and post-conflict reconstruction
9.30 Always two groups on same topic. See: Workshop leaders and Rapporteurs
1 & 2: Why (not) art? Ambitions, capacities and limits of art-projects in regions of conflict
Group 1: directed by Ananda Breed, groups rapporteur Celine Yvon
Group 2: directed by François Matarrasso, groups’ rapporteur Sandro Lunin
3 & 4: What lies behind our wish to engage? Interests and motivations of artists, organisers and sponsors.
Group 3: directed by Gillian Slovo, groups rapporteur Jaspar Walgrave
Group 4: directed by Hannah Reich, groups’ rapporteur Tamara Janashia
11.20 Coffee break
11.45 Assembly: summarising and comparing the results of the working groups, moderated by Ambassador Alexandre Fasel
13.00 Joint Lunch
14.30 Asking for feedback: Practitioners of art projects in the context of social transformation invite their peers to join them for a feedback-discussion (2 rounds of 35 minutes), moderated by Dagmar Reichert. Information about feedback asker
16.30 Coffee break
17.00 Public lecture (special invitation of ZHdK) Carmen Olaechea (Buenos Aires): Art in social transformation, introduced by David Keller (ZHdK)
18.30 Departure to Joint Dinner: if weather allows BBQ and picknick on Käferberg (involves a 35 minute walk or public transport), with a subsequent concert:
Eastward – Songs from Eastern Europe (performed by the Swiss choir “Singfrauen Winterthur”)

Thursday, 28 May 2015

8.30 Warm up
Body exercises with Diana Rojas-Feile (dancer/actor, Zürich)
9.15 Short assembly, information
Thematic working groups II: On art projects in conflict transformation and post-conflict reconstruction
9.30 Always two groups on same topic. See: Workshop leaders and Rapporteurs
5 & 6: What can sustainability mean for art-initiatives? Different types of sustainability and strategies to achieve them
Group 5: directed by Hanane Haj Ali, groups rapporteur Simon Mason
Group 6: directed by Frédérique Lecomte, groups’ rapporteur Petra Bischof
7 & 8: Making results visible: Options for evaluation of art projects in regions of conflict
Group 7: directed by Michelle LeBaron, groups rapporteur Iman Aoun
Group 8: directed by Cynthia Cohen, groups’ rapporteur Julius Heinicke
11.20 Coffee break
11.45 Assembly: summarising and comparing the results of the working groups, moderated by Alice Thomann (SDC)
13.00 Concluding the practitioners’ forum
13.15 Joint lunch of participants
Special Event SDC (SDC staff only)
14.30 – 17.30 Art matters: Cultural percent in practice

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