Prof. Achim Menges will speak at the “NEXUS PAVILION” OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ART on Thursday 2nd of February. The symposium is jointly organized by LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA and the EUROPEAN COMMISSION. It gathers leading curators, artists, scientists and technologists joined by representatives from the art institutions and industry to discuss and establish a new dialogue between art, science and technology.
“NEXUS PAVILION” OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ART AT LA BIENNALE Dl VENEZIA
A symposium organized by La Biennale di Venezia and the European Commission
02 FEBRUARY
11.00-11.30 INTRODUCION
Paolo Baratta, President, La Biennale di Venezia
Eva Kaili, Member, European Parliament
Ralph Dum, European Commission, STARTS programme
11.30-12.45 ROUNDTABLE
Contemporary Art and Advanced (New) Technology
CHAIR: Paolo Baratta, President, La Biennale di Venezia
Christine Macel, Curator, Biennale Arte 2017
Zachary Kaplan, Director, Rhizome, New Museum, New York
Daehyung Lee, Curator, Korean Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia
Frank Madlener, Director, IRCAM, Paris
Gerald Bast, Rector, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Paul Dujardin, Director, Bozar, Brussels
12.45-14.15 LUNCH BREAK
14.15-15.30 ROUNDTABLE
Artists working at the Nexus
CHAIR: Beatrice De Gelder, Neuroscientist, Maastricht University
Bart Stolle, Artist, Ghent
Andrew Quinn, Multimedia Artist, Milan
Federico Solmi, Artist, New York
Michel Reilhac, Director and Producer, Amsterdam
15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.30-17.45 ROUNDTABLE
Artists working at the Nexus
CHAIR Riccardo Luna, Director, AGI, Rome
Achim Menges, Professor / Director, Institute for Computational Design, University of Stuttgart
Haseeb Ahmed, Artist
Martin Kusch, Artist, Vienna
Yiyun Kang, Artist, London
17.45-19.15 ROUNDTABLE
The Art world and the technology world: now and then
CHAIR Stefano Micelli, Professor, University Ca’ Foscari, Venice
Giorgia Abeltino, Director Public Policy, Google Cultural Institute
Alexander Mankowsky, Head of the Mercedes Future-Lab
Christophe de Jaeger, Bozar and Gluon Foundation, Brussels
Gerfried Stocker, Director, Ars Electronica, Linz
Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, MoMA, New York
Marleen Stikker, President, Waag Society, Amsterdam
19.30 COCKTAIL DINNER
03 FEBRUARY
9.00 WELCOME COFFEE
9.30-11.15 ROUNDTABLE
Music and the digital: How they inspire each other
CHAIR Ivan Fedele, Artistic Director of the Music Department, La Biennale di Venezia
Giovanni Albini, Composer and Professor, Conservatory, Trento
Toivo Tulev, Composer, Director and Professor, Estonian Academy of Music, Tallinn
Daniele Ghisi, Composer, Paris
Paolo Girol, Composer and Professor, Tallinn
Antonio Camurri, Professor, University of Genova
Thierry Coduys, Artist, Set designer, Musician, Nice
11.15-11.45 COFFEE BREAK
11.45-12.45 ROUNDTABLE
The way forward all participants
CHAIR: Paolo Baratta, President, La Biennale di Venezia
Ralph Dum, European Commission, STARTS programme
Gerfried Stocker, Director, Ars Electronica, Linz
Alexander Mankowsky, Head of the Mercedes Future-Lab
Eva Kaili, Member European Parliament
Zachary Kaplan, Director, Rhizome, New Museum, New York
Alain Liedts, President, Zebrastraat, Gent
Luis Miguel Girao, Artshare, Brussels
Hugues Vinet, Project Coordinator, H2020 VERTIGO, Paris
13.00 -13.30 CLOSING REMARKS
Paolo Baratta, President, La Biennale di Venezia
Eva Kaili, Member European Parliament
Ralph Dum, European Commission, STARTS programme