Conference: CULTURE – CHANGE – EUROPE
The Congress – engaging in dialogue with the Polish-German Cooperation Forum held two weeks earlier – will focus on the key role of culture in building relationships between Poland and and other European countries, particularly Polish-German relations in the context of the current geopolitical landscape. It will also provide space to discuss new ways of using art and cultural activities to strengthen international dialogue and cooperation, especially in the era of intensified migration and transformation of the cultural institutions.
PROGRAMME
12:30
Welcome
- Jan Tombiński, Chargé d’affaires a.i.
- Katarzyna Sitko, Director of the Polish Institute in Berlin
- Kostas Georgakopulos, Director of the Avant Art Foundation
Opening of the Congress
- Hanna Wróblewska, Minister of Culture and National Heritage
13:30– 14:30
Panel I:
Artists Beyond Borders – Transformation of the Cultural Sector in the Face of Migration
(Institutional Perspective)
Speakers:
- Silvia Fehrmann, Head of the DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service)
- Constanze Brockmann, Managing Director of IGBK – Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste e.V. (International Association of Art Germany)
- Robert Piaskowski, Director of the Narodowe Centrum Kultury (National Centre for Culture, Poland)
- Olga Brzezińska, Deputy Director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland
Moderator: Shelly Kupferberg, journalist, moderator, author
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee break
Screening of the video recording of the “A Dream Of Linnaeus’ Daughter, Katarzyna Kozyra” (documentation of the performance in Uppsala)
15:00 – 16:00
Panel II:
Artists Beyond Borders – Transformation of the Cultural Sector in the Face of Migration
(Artists’ Perspective)
Speakers:
- Anda Rottenberg, art historian, critic, art curator and publicist
- Rabih Beaini, musician
- Katarzyna Kozyra, sculptor, installation, photography and video artist
- Matthias Pees, Director of the Berliner Festspiele
Moderator: Tamara Kamińska, Director of Music Export Poland
16:15 – 17:00 Concert by the band Małe Instrumenty
ACCOMPANYING EVENT
Venue: NADAN Gallery, Wilhelmsaue 1, 10715 Berlin
19:00 – 21:00
Opening of an Exhibition of Polish Contemporary Art ELIXIR (Natalia Janula, Wojciech Skiba)
Co-organized by: Krupa Art Foundation
