LABORAL CENTRO DE ARTE Y CREACION INDUSTRIAL - GIJON
23 - 24 OCTOBER 2009
As part of the programme of the exhibition Feedforward- The Angel of
History, curated by Christiane Paul and Steve Dietz
Feedforward - The Angel of History addresses the current moment in
history where the wreckage of political conflict and economic inequality
is piling up, while globalized forces, largely enabled by the"progress" of digital information technologies, inexorably feed us
forward.
The exhibition title references Paul Klee's painting "Angelus Novus,"
which Walter Benjamin famously interpreted as an "angel of history"
transfixed by the wreckage of the past that is piling up in front of him
while being propelled backwards into the uncertain future by a storm
from paradise (progress).
The Symposium brings together theorists and artists, who will explore
via panel discussions the five primary themes presented in the
exhibition: the "wreckage" of the 20th century created by wars and
conflict; the countermeasures of surveillance and repression that the
state as well as global capital set up in an to attempt to maintain
control; the aesthetics and symbolic language of the media of our times;
the forces of economic globalization such as outsourcing and migration;
and the possibilities of reconstruction and agency.
Speakers:
Christiane Paul, Steve Dietz, Sarah Cook, Margot Lovejoy, Tamiko Thiel,
Chris Baker, Jose Carlos Mariategui, Stephanie Rothenberg, Angus
Cameron, Tiziana Terranova, Pior Szyhalski, Naeem Mohaiemen, Barbara
Fluxa, Esther Leslie, Hasan Elahi, Konrad Becker, Marco Peljhan, Nonny
de la Pena & Peggy Weil, Knowbotic Research, Tom Levin, Jaron Madirolas,
Clara Piazuelo, Tere Badia, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Graham Harwood, Eric
Kluitenberg, Daniel G. Andujar, Fernando Garcia-Dory, Carlos Motta, Ali
Momeni
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23rd
10:30 - 12:00 The Angel of History: Art and the Language of Media
Moderated by Christiane Paul, Steve Dietz, Exhibition Curators
Speakers: Sarah Cook, Margot Lovejoy, Tamiko Thiel, Chris Baker
Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 Art = Kapital | Art and Global Economics
Moderated by Jose Carlos Mariategui
Speakers: Stephanie Rothenberg, Angus Cameron, Tiziana Terranova
Lunch break
15:30 - 17:00 Art and Conflict: Representing the Wreckage
Moderated by Christiane Paul, Steve Dietz, Exhibition Curators
Speakers: Piotr Szyhalski, Naeem Mohaiemen, Barbara Fluxa, Esther Leslie
17:30 - 18:45 Countermeasures: Surveillance / Sousveillance and
Simulations of History
Moderated by Christiane Paul, Steve Dietz, Exhibition curators
Speakers: Hasan Elahi, Konrad Becker & Marco Peljhan, Nonny de la Pena &
Peggy Weil, Knowbotic Research, Tom Levin
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th
10:30 - 12:00 What Now? Art, Cultural Production
Moderated by Jaron Rowan , Clara Piazuelo
Speakers: Tere Badia, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Graham Harwood
Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 What now? Art, Activism, and the Possibilities of Democracy
Moderated by Eric Kluitenberg
Speakers: Daniel G. Andujar, Fernando Garcia Dory, Carlos Motta, Ali Momeni
Lunch break
15:30 - 17:00 Moderated roundtable with select participants across panels
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