Part of: Circular Cultures: Periphery at the Centre
Digital programs

Conference | Circular Cultures 2023

Dates

Prices

Free admission, pre-booking via registration form

Location

Online, National Gallery

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Monday 20 March
Time
14:00–19:00 EET
Venue
Online (Conference)

Information

Working language

In English with simultaneous interpretation in Greek, and Greek sign language

Participation

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 connectivity

Discussion 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


18:30–18:35 | Closing of event and thank you notes

18:35–19:00 | Networking