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

 

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