Symposium: Art And Public Space

Conference
12 Mar 2015
10:00am - 05:30pm
M6094, Future Cinema Studio, L6 Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
Symposium: Art And Public Space

Date :
2015.03.12 (Thu)

Location :
M6094, Future Cinema Studio

Time :
10:00am - 5:30pm

Free Admission

Registration will start at 9am on event day.

Co-organized by University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria and School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

Supported by the Austrian Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macao

Austrian Consulate General Hong Kong

Art and Public Space Symposium

Organized in cooperation of University of the Applied Arts in Vienna and School of Creative Media the One-Day-Symposium ART AND PUBLIC SPACE will allow an insight in the change and challenge of the role of the arts in public space. 8 speakers will give lessons from history, current examples and future perspectives.

Rundown:

10:00am -12:30pm

Welcome Remarks

Jeffrey Shaw | Dean, School of Creative Media

Claudia Reinprecht | Austrian Consul General In Hong Kong

Public Space Beyond Architecture – Art and Public Awareness

Gerald Bast | Rector,University of Applied Arts, Vienna

Arts and Public Engagement

Jenny Lau | School of Creative Media

But is it political? Art as Activism in the Public Sphere

Martin Krenn | University of Applied Arts, Vienna

12:30pm – 2:00pm

Lunch Break

2:00pm – 5:30pm

Going Outside

Jeffrey Shaw | School of Creative Media

Art Open Sky. Pervasion and Disruption of the Public Space

Maurice Benayoun | School of Creative Media

ETHICAL art and unnecessary signage

Don Ritter | School of Creative Media

Direct Urbanism. Towards a New Function of Art in Society

Barbara Holub | University of Applied Arts, Vienna

A wall. a thick archive for socially engaged art

Zheng Bo | School of Creative Media

Conclusio

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