TRADING ZONES – knowledge-oriented art initiatives in africa and europe

3 days’ long open gatherings on knowledge-oriented art practices at Le 18, derb el ferrane, riad laarouss, médina, Marrakech
Initiated by curator Berit Schuck with the complicity of Le 18.

Detailed Agenda:

////////////////////// Tuesday, 10 November 2015 //////////////////////

Opening EN/AR/FR

19:00-19:30
Welcome & Orientation
Laila Hida, Francesca Masoero

Keynote EN

19:30– 20:00
A Brief History Of Trading Zones Or The True Story Of The End Of The World Trade Organization
Berit Schuck

Artist Talk & Screening Program EN

20:00 – 21:00
Establishing Trading Zones And The Challenges Of The Environment

Tobias Zielony will speak about his most recent project “The Citizens” (German Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennial 2015) and present some of his earlier projects like “Jenny, Jenny” (2013) and “Manitoba” (2009-2011).

////////////////////// Wednesday, 11 November 2015 ////////////////////////

Research Seminar EN/FR/AR

11:00 – 13:00
Session 1
On Knowledge-oriented Art

Who engages in knowledge-oriented art with whom and for what? A selection of recent projects and initiatives will be examined, analyzed and discussed with a particular focus on the actors, agents and sites involved in and shaped by these projects.
Led by Jan Philipp Possmann, Curator and Dramaturg

15:00 – 17:00
Session 2
Making Exhibitions

Recent exhibitions will be examined and various forms of visualizing new forms of knowledge and the forming of knowledge explored.
Led by Jan Philipp Possmann, Curator and Dramaturg

Short break

17:30 – 18:30
The Institute for Endotic Research / TIER

Lorenzo Sandoval introduces the work of TIER and speaks about his « Narrative Machine Series ».

Short break

19:00 – 21:00
Elaborating A Set of Rules For Trading Zones

Filmmaker and visual artist Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir was asked to discuss her project “Keep Frozen” (since 2010) and her upcoming solo exhibition where she presents Icelandic dockworkers as performers.

Artist Dafna Maimon’s ongoing performance and video project “The Class” (2015) explores how the Internet has altered our perception of bodies. It will be presented for the first time in Morocco in the form of a video installation.

////////////////////// Thursday, 12 November 2015 //////////////////////

Roundtable Programme EN/FR

11:00 – 13:00
The Politics of Independent Art Initiatives And Institutions

Curator and Professor of Art Theory at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm Nina Möntmann in conversation with the curator at Beirut in Cairo and director of the Imaginary School Programme Antoina Alampi, founding co-director of Beirut in Cairo Jens Maier-Rothe and political activist, artist and founding director of the Ali-Gana Museum Hadia Gana.

Artist Talks & Screening Programs EN/AR

15:00 – 17:00
Excavating Trading Zones

Imane Ibrahim will give an account on establishing the archive that she uses for her project on the prison architecture built by Hassan II and how she reflects on her research practice through the form of the project.
Video and concept based artist Walid Elsawi will address the programmatic orientation of his recent works.

18:30 – 19:00
A Researcher in The Field (via Skype)

Social anthropologist Dina Makram-Ebeid briefly presents the archive of images and texts that she created as part of her research on workers culture in Egypt and raises the question how and for whom this specific archive should be put on display and by whom.

19:00 – 21:00
Hybrid Representations

A private screening of the film “Out On the Street” by Jasmina Metwaly & Philip Rizk (Egypt, 2015), followed by a Q&A via Skype with the filmmakers

Preliminary registration required; registration desk open from 18:30 at Le 18, derb el ferrane.

//////////////////////////// Friday, 13 November 2015 /////////////////////////

Roundtable Program EN/AR/FR*

11:00 – 13:00
How To Do Things With Theory

Maria Lind, Director of Tensta Konsthall in Stockholm and Artistic Director of the Gwangju Biennial 2016 will address the programmatic orientation of contemporary cultural production, philosopher and curator Jonatan Habib Engqvist will contextualise artistic and intellectual engagement in the Nordic region, reflect on how the notion of practice-based research is understood and highlight the urgency for new research networks, co-director of SAVVY Berlin Elena Aguido provides a narrative retrospective of the organization’s art and research projects, Curator at large of documenta 14 and co-director of SAVVY Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung joins the discussion for a brief introduction of SAVVY’s most recent publishing and conferencing initiatives (on skype).

15:00 – 17:00
The Art Space As Hub

Hicham Khalidi, Curator of the Visual Arts Programme at the Marrakech Biennale 5, in conversation with Co-founding director of the independent space for art and research Atelier de l’observatoire Léa Morin and Curator of Dubai Arts Projects 2016 and aria in Algiers Yasmina Reggad.
The discussion will be moderated by Gallery Manager at the Marrakech Museum of Photography and Visual Arts and independent researcher Yvon Langué.

* The roundtable program will take place at Dar Al-Ma’amûn. A shuttle service will leave from Le 18 at 11.00 and return to the art space at 17:00 in the afternoon.

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This program is curated by : Berit Schuck

Organizer : 18, derb el ferrane, Marrakech

Collaborators : Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart & Dar al-Ma’amûn

Supported by : the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), the Goethe-Institut Rabat, the Goethe-Institut Cairo with means of the Moving MENA programme and the Berlin Senate Cultural Affairs Department, with additional support from Le jardin in Marrakech.

Media : A documentation of the event will later be published on the blog tradingzonesblog.wordpress.com and various magazines e.g. Reorient and Contemporary & among others. Württembergischer Kunstverein will stream conversations from and around the event throughout its duration

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