Conference | Circular Cultures 2023
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In English with simultaneous interpretation in Greek, and Greek sign language
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Participation in the conference is free following online registration
On day one of “Circular Cultures: Periphery at the Centre”, speakers from the UK, EU, and South Asia will share case studies and discuss opportunities and dislocations in rural-urban systems and how the role of local and global knowledge systems can feed into future thinking.
Conference Agenda
13:00–14:00 | Registration & Netwοrking Time
14:00–15:55 | Island Dreams
14:00–14:15 | Welcome Remarks
- Welcome Remarks by Maria Papaioannou, Co-curator and Ηead of Arts, British Council
- Welcome Remarks by Prodromos Tsiavos, Co-curator and Head of Digital and Innovation at the Onassis Foundation
Scene Setting by Parvinder Marwaha, Co-curator and Design Program Manager, EU Europe & South Asia, British Council
14:15–14:25 | Global: Talk by Natasha Ginwala, Artistic Director, Colomboscope (Sri Lanka)
14:25–14:35 | Urban: Talk by George Kafka, Future Observatory Curator, the Design Museum (UK)
14:35–14:55 | Rural: Talk by Cooking Sections, with Founders Alon Schwabe and Daniel Fernandez Pascual (UK)
14:55–15:15 | Urban–Global: Speculative Geographies
Discussion between Natasha Ginwala, Artistic Director, Colomboscope (Sri Lanka) and George Kafka, Future Observatory Curator, the Design Museum (UK)
15:15–15:25 | Local: Talk by Andu Masebo, Product Designer (UK)
15:25–15:35 | Local: Talk by Paola Palavidi, Artist, Hypercomf (Greece)
15:35–15:55 | Local – Rural: Emerging Localities
Andu Masebo, Product Designer (UK) and Paola Palavidi, Artist, Hypercomf (Greece)
Discussion between Andu Masebo and Paola Palavidi
15:55–16:25 | Break
16:25–18:30 | Distant Possibilities
Scene Setting by Parvinder Marwaha, Co-curator and Design Program Manager, EU Europe & South Asia, British Council
16:30–16:50 | Urban: Factory International, Indigenous Approaches
Kee Hong Low, Creative Director, Factory International (UK) in conversation with Parvinder Marwaha
16:50–17:05 | Local: Talk by Panos Kostoulas, Co-Founder, Boulouki (Greece)
17:05–17:20 | Global: Talk by Anupama Kundoo, Architect, Professor at FH Potsdam (Germany / India)
17:20–17:40 | Local–Global–Rural–Urban
The Politics of Materials
Discussion between Panos Kostoulas, Co-Founder Boulouki (Greece) and Anupama Kundoo, Architect, Professor at FH Potsdam (Germany / India)
17:40–18:30 | Local–Global–Rural–Urban
How Arts & Culture Organisations play a role in supporting the circular economy and connectivityDiscussion between Alexia Holts, Acting Director/Senior Director of Programmes, Cove Park (UK), Linda Di Pietro, Chief Cultural Officer, BASE Milano (Italy), and Alice Sharp, Artistic Director, Invisible Dust (UK)
Moderated by Prodromos Tsiavos, Head of Digital and Innovation at the Onassis Foundation
