ADESTE+ EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FIFTH SESSION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 – REGISTRATION OPEN

The fifth and final episode of the ADESTE+ European Conference will be held on Monday, September 28, with the title, “Tempestuous Times – The Crisis – Recovery and Change.”

This session looks at what will happen when we open our doors and step back into the world. It looks at what could be the role of culture in our new lives and what we have learnt or could learn from this pandemic moment. Where do our past and current experiences meet? What is yet to be clarified? And what strategic foresight can we bring to our decision making processes? When we think about cultural events or audience development, we focus primarily on the social dynamics of physical encounters. Recent circumstances have shown us that alternatives exist. How do we deal with the fearful environment of the new normal and turn this into a new optimistic vision. This final session looks at what new knowledge we have acquired, what additional value it has added and in light of this, the different strategies needed to encourage participation, engagement and audience development.

This episode of the conference will take place via ZOOM from 2pm to 5pm, and will consist of a panel session followed by a Worklab session.

The following panelists will present in this episode:

  • Nico Carpentier
  • Richard Evans
  • Arundhati Ghosh
  • Olga Wysocka

The WorkLab presenters will be Melissa Dibble, Søren Friis Møller and Marcin Poprawski, and the online conference will be moderated by Inês Bettencourt da Câmara.

For further information and to register for this and other upcoming sessions, please visit the ADESTE+ event page.

Registration is free and open to all.

If you missed the 4th episode of the conference, “Rethinking Participation Strategically,” a recording is available on the ADESTE+ website, along with recordings of previous sessions.

 

ADESTE+ EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOURTH SESSION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 – REGISTRATION OPEN

The ADESTE+ European Conference continues on Monday, September 21, with the fourth installment: “Rethinking Participation Strategically”

This session looks at how participation and engagement in culture is being affected by the new world of crisis and social distancing and how, as cultural professionals, we should respond. At a time when artists and audiences have found new ways to relate to each other, we will look at new modes of engagement, expression and participation. On the other hand, it is clear that digital, online communication is not a panacea for all our problems. There are those who cannot or do not want to participate in this way and in addition, the aesthetic experience of culture in a physical, shared space is one of its most valued aspects. Participation, engagement and audience development have been a focus of experimentation for different artistic and cultural practices, as well as within several managerial approaches. We aim to explore them, search for the creative potential in their overlapping, and see what kind of insight and inspiration these processes can offer us.  We’ll explore these issues with the invited speakers, and then follow this discussion with a virtual session of open questions.

This episode of the conference will take place via ZOOM from 2pm to 5pm, and will consist of a panel session followed by a Worklab session.

The following panelists will present in this episode:

  • Lise Korsgaard
  • Chiara Organtini
  • Ben Walmsley
  • Daniel Wetzel

The WorkLab presenters will be Jeannette Ehlers and Matteo Lanfranchi, and the online conference will be moderated by Jonathan Goodacre.

For further information and to register for this and other upcoming sessions, please visit the ADESTE+ event page.

Registration is free and open to all.

If you missed the 3rd episode of the conference, “The Cultural Institution – What Needs to Change?” a recording is available on the ADESTE+ website, along with recordings of previous sessions.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ADESTE+ EUROPEAN CONFERENCE THIRD SESSION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The ADESTE+ European Conference continues on Monday, September 14, with the third installment: “The Cultural Institution – What Needs to Change?”

This session aims to address the issue of governance in cultural institutions, namely what we can do to change the way these institutions are currently run, and what steps need to be taken to make them more accessible. What kinds of new practices are appearing on the horizon and what kind of answers are they offering? What kind of institutions are needed? How does the audience prefer culture to be organized?

This episode of the conference will take place via ZOOM from 2pm to 5pm, and will consist of a panel session followed by a Worklab session.

The following panelists will present in this episode:

  • Teodor Celakoski, cultural worker and activist
  • Félix Dupin-Meynard, political science researcher and consultant
  • Victoria Durrer, cultural policy specialist

The WorkLab presenter will be Janja Sesar, Director of Pogon – Zagreb Centre for Independent Culture and Youth, and the online conference will be moderated by Dea Vidović.

For further information and to register for this and further sessions, please visit the ADESTE+ event page.

Registration is free and open to all.