FFF4 | International Symposium: "On Homelands and the Stateless as the World Tilts Right"

SATURDAY MAY 13

10:30-11:00
Welcome and Introductions by Katia Arfara (Onasis Stegi) and Nato Thompson (Creative Time, New York City, US)

11:00-11:45
Keynote: “What do we do when resisting is not enough?”
Tania Bruguera (artist)

11:45-12:45
Panel 1: “Where is South Africa Now, Now?”
With:
Athi Mongezeleli Joja (Gugulective, Cape Town, South Africa)
Zimasa Mpemnyama (activist and journalist, South Africa)
Ziyana Lategan (researcher and activist, South Africa)

12:45-14:15 Lunch with Options FoodLab

14:15-15:15
Panel 2: “How to be as radical as reality itself?”
With:
Defne Ayas & Adam Kleinman (Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Natalia Antonova (author and pundit, Ukraine/Russia/United States)
Antonia Majaca (writer and curator and researcher, Croatia/Germany)

15:15-16:15
Panel 3: “How do indigenous symbolic representations help us visualize resistance?”
With:
Miguel A. López (TEOR/éTica, San Jose, Costa Rica)
Gladys Tzul Tzul (Maya K'iche' sociologist and activist, Guatemala)
Benvenuto Chavajay (multimedia artist and indigenous activist, Guatemala)

16:15-16:45 Break

16:45-17:45
Panel 4: “How might artists bear witness?”
With:
Radha Mahendru (Khoj International Artists’ Association, New Delhi, India)
Zuleikha Chaudhari (theater director, India)
Norma Alvares (environmental lawyer, India)

17:45-18:45
Panel 5: “How can cultural and social workers address issues of mental and physical repair, trauma, and loss?”
With:
Katia Arfara (Onassis Stegi)
Nadina Christopoulou (Melissa Network)
Angela Dimitrakaki (University of Edinburgh),
Yunus Muhammadi (Greek Forum of Refugees)
Philippe Leclerc (UNHCR Representative in Greece)

SUNDAY MAY 14

11:00-11:15
Introductions by Katia Arfara (Onassis Stegi) and Nato Thompson (Creative Time, New York City, US)

11:15-12:00
Keynote: “Can we re-examine art historical legacies and knowledges to respond to current crises?”
Patrick D. Flores (curator of the Vargas Museum, Manila, Philippines)

12:00-13:00
Panel 6: “How can we re-imagine labor and life, work and border?”
With:
Brigitta Isabella (KUNCI Cultural Studies Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Anjeline de Dios (singer and cultural geographer, Philippines)
Tintin Wulia (artist, Australia)

13:00-14:30 Lunch with Options FoodLab

14:30-15:30
Panel 7: “Is another commons possible?”
With:
Beth Stryker (Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research, CLUSTER, Cairo, Egypt)
Nida Sinnokrot (artist, Palestine)
Shela Sheikh (researcher, UK)

15:30-16:00 Break

16:00-17:00
Panel 8: “What are the opportunities and pitfalls in the complex landscape of social movements in the United States?”
With:
Nato Thompson (Creative Time, New York City, US)
Simone Leigh (artist, US)
Mary Kathryn Nagle (legal activist and playwright , US)

17:00-18:00
Panel 9: “Can the imaginary of art articulate a new conception of the Citizen?”
With:
iLiana Fokianaki (State of Concept Athens, Extra City Kunsthal Antwerp)
Michael Afolayan (ANASA Cultural Center)
Anna Apostolidou & Inaam Alibrahim (Project P.R.E.S.S., Hellenic Open University)
Theo Prodromidis (artist and filmmaker) & Nikos Agapakis (Piraeus Open School of Immigrants)