Projects 2001

ARS 01 SEMINAR

around the opening of Kiasma's ARS 01 exhibition

28 - 29 September 2001, Kiasma Theatre

A joint project between NIFCA, Kiasma, and Fine Arts Academy of Helsinki.


Friday, September 28 (11-18)

Backgrounds and cultural processes

11.00-12.00 Tour in the exhibition
Moderators: Mika Hannula and Anu Kantola
Words of welcome, Tuula Karjalainen, museum director of Kiasma


Time of the thirds

12.15-13.00 Political and economic realities: Rubens Ricupero, Secretary General of Unctad

13.00-13.45 Competitive Games of Art in the Global Information Space: Henry Tirri, Professor of computer science, University of Helsinki and University of Stanford


Third space / Context / Expanded field

13.45-14.30 Terra Infirma - Geography's Visual Culture: Irit Rogoff, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Goldsmiths College, London University
14.30-15.00 Coffee break


15.00-15.45 Implicit Hybridity: Nikos Papastergiadis, Head of the Centre for Ideas, Victorian College of Art, Melbourne
15.45-16.30 Translation under the Sign of Transnationalism: Charles Merewether, Curator, The Getty Institute, Los Angeles
16.30-18.00 Discussion


Saturday, September 29 (12-16)

Views in art

For more information about the seminar see also: www.kiasma.fi


A publication, "Unfolding Perspectives", which contains edited transcripts of lectures and discussions held during the seminar that accompanied the opening of the ARS 01 exhibition at Kiasma in Helsinki, September 2001 were published in 2002.

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