Dialogs I: Art - Political Responsibility - Social Justice
The first series of Dialoge is entitled "Art – Political Responsibility – Social Justice." By doing this, the Center of Contemporary Art is setting a focus which, due to the socio-political events of recent years, is a topic of great relevance and significance. The focus will be on political conflict zones in Europe, with a particular emphasis on the developments in Ukraine. It will also include diversity, questioning and redefining concepts of identities that are closely tied to the LGBTQ+ community and issues around colonialism and imperialism.
Social justice has always been an important topic when considering the relationship between art and politics, such as when questioning and discussing images and artworks representing colonialism. Europe's role in the history of oppression becomes an issue, so by questioning these dominant narratives, artists and theorists shape a dynamic cultural approach. Theories of art, culture, discourse and (inter-)mediality are concerned with who is allowed to speak to whom, in which contexts and what effects are produced. Such ideas of having a "legitimate" voice and thus contributing to the writing of art and cultural histories are intertwined with bitter controversies about race, representation and authorship.
In this regard, the Dialoge I: Art – Political Responsibility – Social Justice deals with various ideas that provoke a response connecting to the Myth of Home & Postmigration, Trust & Intransigence, Identity, and Forms of Resistance. The Dialoge I bring selected international viewpoints on these topics to Graz in order to enable a dialogue between them. Scientists and artists deal with political responsibility and social justice in various ways and thus create innovative fields of thought, which in the course of the Dialoge should be used productively. Political responsibility and social justice are two topics that we must aim to keep within the current discourse with an effort to involve the public — as dialogue without borders.
May 16, 2022: Dialoge 1: The Myth of Home and Postmigration / Location: Grazer Kunstverein, Burggasse 4, 8010 Graz
Time | Participant | Program point |
3:00-3:30pm | Sabine Flach, Tom Engels | Opening |
3:30-4:30pm | Wolfgang Meixner | Book presentation |
| Marc Hill | Impulse commentary Moderation: Elisabeth Župarić-Bernhard |
4:30-5:00pm | Steffen Schneider | Statement Moderation: Sabine Flach |
5:00-5:30pm | Renate Hansen-Kokoruš | Statement Moderation: Sabine Flach |
5:30-6:00pm | Break | |
6:00-7:30pm | Djordje Čenić | Artist Talk and Screening of „Unten“ Moderation: Elisabeth Župarić-Bernhard |
7:30-8:00pm | Dialogue of all participants on the topic “The Myth of Home & Postmigration” | |
May 17, 2022: Dialoge 2: Trust and Intransigence / Location: Grazer Kunstverein, Burggasse 4, 8010 Graz
Time | Participant | Program point |
2:00-2:30pm | Saddam Jumaily | Artist Talk |
2:30-3:00pm | Marita Muukkonen, Ivor Stodolsky and Saddam Jumaily | Dialogue “Artists at Risk” Moderation: Kristopher Holland |
3:00-3:30pm | Jasmina Cibic | Artist Talk |
3:30-3:50pm | Break | |
3:50-4:20pm | Ekaterina Degot | Statement Moderation: Sabine Flach |
4:20-4:50pm | Vedran Džihić | Statement Moderation: Kristopher Holland |
4:50-5:00pm | Break | |
5:00-6:10pm | Anri Sala | Screening Introduction: Sabine Flach |
6:10-6:30pm | Dialogue of all participants on the topic "Trust & Intransigence" | |
May 18, 2022: Dialoge 3: Identity / Location: Grazer Kunstverein, Burggasse 4, 8010 Graz
Time | Participant | Program point |
2:00-3:30pm | Alexandra Hammond | Performance Introduction: Sabine Flach |
3:30-4:00pm | David Getsy | Statement Moderation: Kristopher Holland |
4:00-5:00pm | Alexandra Hammond | Performance Introduction: Sabine Flach |
5:00-5:10pm |
| Break |
5:10-5:40pm | Furusho von Puttkammer | Performance Introduction: Sabine Flach |
5:40-6:00pm | Break | |
6:00-7:30pm | Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca | Screening Introduction: Kristopher Holland |
7:30-7:45pm | Dialogue of all participants on the topic "Identity" | |
May 21, 2022: Dialoge 4: Forms of Resistance / Location: Grazer Kunstverein, Burggasse 4, 8010 Graz
Time | Participant | Program point |
3:30-4:00pm | Mark Nash | Statement Moderation: Sabine Flach |
4:00-4:30pm | Yagazie Emezi | Artist Talk Moderation: Sabine Flach |
4:30-4:45pm | Break | |
4:45-5:15pm | Ryan Cosbert | Artist Talk Moderation: Sabine Flach |
5:15-5:45pm | Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński | Artist Talk Moderation: Elisabeth Župarić-Bernhard |
5:45-6:15pm | Florian Bieber | Statement "How to Confront "soft" Authoritarianism" Moderation: Sabine Flach |
6:15-6:30pm | Break | |
6:30-7:00pm | Dialogue of all participants on the topic "Forms of Resistance"
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