Charles Esche and Joanna Mytkowska will offer inputs on the building of art institutions of a new type and join in discussion with Ekaterina Degot and David Riff about the perspectives and problems involved.
Curator Galit Eilat will join in discussion with Ekaterina Degot and David Riff about Yael Bartana’s Polish pavilion and the accompanying A Cookbook for Political Imagination.
Sergei Sitar will give a talk on Moscow as a semiotic hotbed, the practices of Moscow Conceptualism, and the perspectives of urban democratizations by addressing local vanguard traditions.
Miguel Robles-Duran will give a talk on his work with Civic City, a self-educational initiative and think tank.
General discussion.
Screening. Bogotá Change (2009) is the story of two charismatic mayors, Antanas Mockus and Enrique Peñalosa who, with unorthodox methods, in less than ten years turned one of the world's most dangerous, violent and corrupt capitals into a peaceful model city populated by caring citizens. With Mockus and Peñalosa and key members of their staff as first hand witnesses, the film uncovers the ideas, philosophies and strategies that underlie the changes in Bogotá and which are now being exported to cities worldwide. The film will be presented by Joanna Mytkowska.