Freiraum is an annual online, hybrid festival materializing in multiple locations in Europe, featuring panel discussions and virtual exhibitions. During the event on campus, instructors and students will attend a live broadcast of the Freiraum online program and will participate in the live discussions.

The Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts is a member of Freiraum through the Visual Arts program. Effie Halivopoulou, Visual Arts instructor,  is a member of the Curatorial Team.

When: November 19 | 15:00-19:00
Where: NPS Painting Studio (Online & Hybrid)

Organized by:
The Visual Arts program of the Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts

 

PROGRAM

15:00-16:00
SESSION 1: DEMO-CRISIS & THE FUTURE OF PROTEST

Introduction by the moderator: Ondrej Timco (researcher, project manager) 

Statements: Paolo Gerbaudo (Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, Department of Digital Humanities, Director of the Centre for Digital Culture, King’s College London), Vladan Joler (Professor at the Academy of Arts at the University of Novi Sad and founder of SHARE Foundation)

Live discussion

 

17:00-17:45
KEYNOTE CONTRIBUTION BY SILVIA FEDERICI (Professor emerita and Teaching Fellow at Hofstra University)

Live discussion

 

Optional attendance: 

17:45-18:45
SESSION 2: NEW POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITIES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND SOLIDARITIES

Introduction by the moderator: Ira Bliatka (independent researcher, educator)

Statements: Nour Abouzaid (architect, programmer, Forensic Architecture researcher and MENA liaison), Slavco Dimitrov (independent researcher, queer and gender theorist, curator and activist)

Live discussion

 

Due to COVID restrictions, please send an email to [email protected] to inform us of your attendance

http://www.freiraumfestival.eu/