Public Space and Intercultural Dialogue, Riga, Latvia, November 25th, 26th, 2010
SCULPTURE QUADRENNIAL RIGA 2012 will continue previous essential themes – society and contemporary art, art in public space, accessibility of art, etc. In order to raise the awareness of art professionals and culture managers on these issues, several activities already in 2010 are designed to be professionally necessary and essential. One of them is the International Seminar “Public Space and Intercultural Dialogue”:
Organizer: ART MANAGMENT AND INFORAMTION CENTRE (MMIC). RIGA. LATVIA
Programme:
- 25.11.2010, LatvianArt Academy – Lecture by the art critic and curator Raimar Stange (Germany) “Shrinking public spaces and the consequences for art in public” followed by discussion for art students has servedas a strong base for the development of public art’s theoretical discourse.
- 26.11.2010, Goethe Institute Riga – Public Space and Intercultural Dialogue. The professional and theoretical discourse in roundtable discussion will directly help to achieve the aim of cross-cultural experience exchangein the future. The result of discussion will be European scale expertise and the establishment of the international board of SCULPTURE QUADRENNIAL RIGA.
The main aim of the seminar is to start discussion and explore, what is the relation between contemporary art, public space and society, what is the role and influence of art and culture to social and circumambient environment in general. Does and how develops the interaction between art, artists and members of society in concrete environment and in public space generally?
Official participants:
- Raimar Stange, art critic and curator, Berlin, Germany
- Henna Paunu, curator, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma Biennale Balticum 2010, Finland www.raumantaidemuseo.fi
- Laima Kreivyte, art critic and curator, Lithuania
- Claudia Zanfi, curator and researcher, Director of MAST (Museo Arte Sociale e Territoriale),Milan, Italy, www.amaze.it
- Solvita Krese, curator and art critic, Contemporary art center, Latvia
- Director of Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art www.lcca.lv
- Aigars Bikše, artist,curator, professor of the Latvian Art Academy, Art Management and Information Centre (MMIC) board chairman, Latvia – www.bikse.lv
- Kristaps Gulbis, artist and curator, Art Management and Information Centre (MMIC) board member, Riga, Latvia – http://home.ml.lv/gulbis/
- The leadership of discussion – Inese Baranovska, art curator and researcher, Latvia
This theoretical event will be followed by a series of theoretical articles published in the book “Public Space and Intercultural Dialogue” (in Latvian and English).