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<b>The Public in Question: The Politics of Artistic Practices</b><br />
Symposium <br />
4 - 5 May 2007<br />
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Franco Berardi | Sabine Breitwieser | Sabeth Buchmann | Alice Creischer_ | Diedrich Diederichsen | Okwui Enwezor | Marcelo Expósito | Renée Green | Boris Groys | Marina Grzinic | Christian Höller | Brian Holmes | Vasif Kortun | Maria Lind | Dorit Margreiter | Chantal Mouffe | Christian Philipp Müller |<br>
Molly Nesbit | Marion von Osten | Marko Peljhan | Gerald Raunig | Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen | Andreas Spiegl | Françoise Vergès | Krzysztof Wodiczko | Stephen Zepke <br>
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Today, the “public” is most certainly in question, and both public space and democratic processes seem to be increasingly under attack. The aim of this symposium is to explore the way in which aesthetic strategies have contested, and continue to contest the public realm. The first task is to critically assess the history of artistic engagement within public space, from the avant-garde tradition thatprojected art into life, to its Conceptual manifestations and interventions, and the art of institutional critique. What worked and what didn’t, and why? This leads to the second question asked by the symposium; what use do these strategies have today? Do they remain relevant, or do we need new tools? To answer we must analyse our present conditions, particularly the contemporary art world, its institutions, and their wider economic and political relations to the media and the rest of the world. Where, the symposium will ask, is the “public” today, and should it be defended?<br>
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Program<br>
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Friday 4 May, 2007<br>
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10.30 a.m.<br>
Welcome | Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Rector, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna_<br>
Presentation of the Symposium | Chantal Mouffe, Professor of Political Theory at the Center for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London<br>
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11.15 a.m. - <b>Art After the Art Market</b><br>
Boris Groys, Philosopher, Professor for Philosophy and Media Theory at the Academy for Design in Karlsruhe<br>
Renée Green, Artist, Dean of Graduate Studies, San Francisco Art Institute<br>
Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen (Moderator), Rector, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna<br>
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02.00 p.m. - <b>Conceptual Practices and the Public Space</b><br>
Molly Nesbit, Art Historian and Critic, Professor of Art, Vassar College, New York<br>
Marina Grzinic, Philosopher and Artist, Professor for Conceptual Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna<br>
Christian Philipp Müller, Artist, lives and works in New York<br>
Sabine Breitwieser (Moderator), Curator, Artistic and Managing Director, Generali Foundation<br>
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04.30 p.m. - <b>The Transformations of Institutional Critique</b><br>
Maria Lind, Curator and Critic, Artistic Director of IASPIS in Stockholm<br>
Gerald Raunig, Philosopher, Works in the European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies as the co-ordinator of "republicart" and "transform"<br>
Franco Berardi (Bifo), Philosopher , Teaches the social history of communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan<br>
Marion von Osten (Moderator), Artist and author, Professor at the Institute for Art and Education, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna<br>
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Saturday 5 May, 2007<br>
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10.30 a.m. - <b>Art as Public Intervention</b><br>
Krzysztof Wodiczko, Artist, Professor of Fine Arts at MIT University conference organizers _<br>
Diedrich Diederichsen, Cultural Critic, Professor for the Practice and Transfer of Contemporary Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna <br>
Alice Creischer, Artist, Writer and Curator, lives and works in Berlin and Buenos Aires_<br>
Sabeth Buchmann (Moderator), Art Historian and Critic, Professor of History of Modern and Post-Modern Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna<br>
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02.00 p.m. -<b> Artistic Activism and the Media</b><br>
Brian Holmes, Philosopher, Independent Researcher who lives and works in Paris<br>
Marko Peljhan, Artist, Associate Professor in Art and Media Arts and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara<br>
Marcelo Expósito, Artist and Theorist, co-editor of "Brumaria" and "transversal"<br>
Dorit Margreiter, Artist, Professor for Video and Videoinstallation, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Stephen Zepke (Moderator), Lecturer, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna <br>
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04.30 p.m. - <b>Which Public Space for which Public?</b><br>
Vasif Kortun, Curator, Director of Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul<br>
Okwui Enwezor, Curator and Critic, Dean of Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President, San Francisco Art Institute<br>
Françoise Vergès, Theorist and Critic, Professor for Post-Colonial Studies Goldsmiths College, London<br>
Christian Höller, Theorist and Critic, Publishes "Springerin - Hefte für Gegenwartskunst"<br>
Andreas Spiegl (Moderator), Vice-Rector, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna <br>
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